Let's not forget that mysql.com used to require people to "register" to use MySQL, and have been loosening the reigns on control of their software for only a year or so now.
That said, I don't use NuSphere, but I think what they are doing with MySQL is great. They are trying to package it in a professional form (a la RedHat) and dumb it down for the not-so-technical folks. They are also HEAVILY involved in spreading the word about OSS (including recent seminars and tours with PHP developer Rasmus Lerdorf, I received an email from one of the guys from NuSphere recently regarding a trip to Atlanta to meet with the phpAtlanta group). For the most part, I think Nusphere is actually headed in the right direction in supporting and evangelizing MySQL.
So why is MySQL AB crying foul? Here's my theory... I think they know that they have to because NuSphere is "the competition" and by registering a domain with MySQL AB's trademark, they are opening themselves up to a lot of infringement. That's the bad part. the good part is that MySQL.org is NOT trying to misrepresent, they clearly state on their site that they are not affiliated with mysql.com AND EVEN PROVIDE A LINK.
As for requiring registration to download from mysql.org... I can't blame them, but then again I can't support them on it. They want to be able to contact the people to downloaded it and sell them on NuSphere services, at the same time, this should (and does) make MySQL AB quite nervous.
Oh well, we'll see how long it takes before mysql.org either shuts down the site, redirects everything to NuSphere (uh, bad idea), redirects everything to mysql.com (most likely), or gets sued by MySQL AB for the rights to the domain (unlikely judging by the tone of the release).
I dunno, I'm kinda torn on this, on one hand I want to slap NuSphere for doing something dumb like this that can only make everyone invlolved look bad. On the other hand, why NOT have a competing site for resources and information, it would certainly light the fire under mysql.com to keep on top of their documentation and support alleys.
start Mozilla or Netscape 6.1 [sic] with -turbo on
Ok, that -turbo option is VERY cool, that was exactly the feature I've been waiting for to allow me to finally dump IE as my primary browser (can't kill it completely, web programming yadda yadda).
Thanks for the tip!
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International Compatibility...
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SMS vs. E-mail?
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Until they [the service providers] decide to come up with some standard messaging protocals, you are pretty much screwed.
1) No one is going to mod him down to try your theory. sorry:(
2) The display limit for moderations is -1 to +5 he will still get the extra karma though.
3) In MySQL, you can't have 2 inserts occur at the exact same moment, there is a queueueu-ing system in place, this may not have been very robust when it happened previously.
I hate those damn Ryder trucks, the one I rented was capped at 70mph, but there are stretches here that are 75mph limit.
It was more of an aggravation having the gas pedal PUSH BACK at my foot when the speed limiting switch was activated. The truck actually burned MORE fuel when I had it floored and the limit was capped.
Plus, trying to explain that to Joe Surfer who only saw "$0.05!!! BUY NOW!" would be something of a challenge. The best way is to lump these payments into a single transaction each month where the processor will only skim a percentage from the aggregate, not from each individual item.
It's a subscription... for content sites this equates to monthly subscription charges. For item purchases, it means the amount won't post until the first of the month. If I'm not mistaken, you can bounce as many validation requests off a provider as you want, but charge requests cost $$$, so just aggregate with validate (Johnny Cochran voice).
It sure beats surprising someone with an extra $4.95
Ok, take a step back and look at the big picture... eventually Linux is going to be as simplified as Win*. When that day comes, do you want people to bitch because the only way they can keep their system clean is to install from source?
On the flip side of that, MS actually seems to have gotten their shit together as of Win2K, why not just rip off their innovation and implement a similar system for libs in Linux? I'm sure if Linux had done it first MS would have no problem borrowing the idea for their own OS.
"Maybe slashdot mgmt. could even forward the top rated comments to them directly!"
Submit all the +5 Funny comments, I can see it now. I'm sure that's likely to spawn a senate oversight committee. How come I can't rate the stories too? Just the comments...:)
There was an article on this a few months ago, also with Scott McNealy's quip about privacy being dead. I wrote my own short expose on it as well, so I figure I'll just link to it instead of regurgitating it all over a comment.
I'm kind of curious how other people feel about being a private citizen (always using aliases, fake names, online) -vs- being a public citizen (never hiding your true identity or information. Don't get me wrong, there will always be privacy at a certain extent because of security (bank accounts, credit card info), but is it really necessary to hide everything?
if it's broken, copy and paste.. then strip the spaces:
http://ifilm.com/db/redirect/1,1775,,00.html?red ir =http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eneurotrash%2Ecom%2Findex%2Ecfm %3Ffuseaction%3Dclip%5Fdetails%26clip%5Fid%3D420+
As if the music industry doesn't already have its share of digital headaches, it may have a new source of potential copyright infringement to contend with: human memory.
A British Internet monitoring startup calls the ability of the human brain to store music "another Napster in the making" and says the industry may be losing more than $1 trillion a day in related royalties.
Envisional Ltd., which sells software and services for monitoring intellectual-property rights violations, discovered the potential infringement while doing an MP3-related research project for the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.
Co-founder and chief operating officer Ben Coppin said the company decided to pursue the research on its own.
Studies have shown that the human brain can store over 30 terabytes of information, and there are currently no copyright protections in place that allow recording artists to recover these financial losses due to downloading and sharing. The most common form of uploading was through auditory senses, or the ears.
Coppin said record labels are entitled to 7.5 cents for each memory and song in a person's brain that uses copyrighted material, but industry sources couldn't confirm that figure.
Envisional arrived at its estimate of potential losses based on analyst research indicating that very few individuals with brains who are paying the required royalties. Coppin said he considers his firm's estimate to be "rough," but adds that "our feeling is that it's fairly conservative."
He said Envisional has had discussions with multiple, well-known music labels about taking the research further.
Webnoize Inc. analyst Ric Dube said storing music in the human brain is becoming big business, particularly in Asia and other regions where humans have bigger heads and can store the music much easier.
The storage of copyrighted memories, Dube said, could present a revenue opportunity for the labels.
Meanwhile, Gartner analyst P.J. McNealy said concerns surrounding music memories aren't about to take on the magnitude of file sharing, at least not until streaming technologies allow flawless playback from the brain. He went on to explain that quite simply, many people just can't sing.
"I don't see the [Recording Industry Association of America] launching a round of lawsuits," said McNealy. "But rest assured we have the technology to stop these offenders, it's very easy to perform a lobotomy."
The Slashdot effect only affects your server if you have one or more of the following:
a) a crappy server/bad configuration (more prevalent than you might think)
b) slowus connectionus (don't host your site on your cable modem, mmmkay?)
c) you are too cheap to enjoy the amount of traffic you get and you shut it down
That probably explains the majority of sites that die because of a Slashdot link, there could be other problems as well (script kiddies, DOS attacks, etc).
In response to the bad QA... uhh, this is inherent in any OS, regardless... the reason it's so vogue to bash on M1cr0$0f7 (yee haw, i leet now) is because it's so prominant. I have software that runs on Linux/BSD that I bitch at every day because it's such a pain in the ass to use and has weird bugs (features) that take a while to resolve.
So, you my want to keep your hand at your side before you go slapping apps because they have poor QA, lest you slap yourself.
Hell yeah, the last thing we need is another lame bitchfest E/N site. BTW, I just bought the game a couple days ago (haven't taken it out of the box yet), but with the attitude michael displayed, I have the urge to go play it tonight just to spite him.
And if it doesn't work, then I'll deal with the support pages, and if all else fails, I'll warn people not to buy games from them... in an appropriate tone. No wonder people think the Open Source community is a bunch of whiners with this kind of editorial heralded at one of the top sites for our community.
M has their own civ-like game, Age of Empires, I don't think they will be buying the rights to CivIII anytime soon. It would be easier for them to just copy it at this point.
Slashdot Mirror
Let's not forget that mysql.com used to require people to "register" to use MySQL, and have been loosening the reigns on control of their software for only a year or so now.
... I can't blame them, but then again I can't support them on it. They want to be able to contact the people to downloaded it and sell them on NuSphere services, at the same time, this should (and does) make MySQL AB quite nervous.
That said, I don't use NuSphere, but I think what they are doing with MySQL is great. They are trying to package it in a professional form (a la RedHat) and dumb it down for the not-so-technical folks. They are also HEAVILY involved in spreading the word about OSS (including recent seminars and tours with PHP developer Rasmus Lerdorf, I received an email from one of the guys from NuSphere recently regarding a trip to Atlanta to meet with the phpAtlanta group). For the most part, I think Nusphere is actually headed in the right direction in supporting and evangelizing MySQL.
So why is MySQL AB crying foul? Here's my theory... I think they know that they have to because NuSphere is "the competition" and by registering a domain with MySQL AB's trademark, they are opening themselves up to a lot of infringement. That's the bad part. the good part is that MySQL.org is NOT trying to misrepresent, they clearly state on their site that they are not affiliated with mysql.com AND EVEN PROVIDE A LINK.
As for requiring registration to download from mysql.org
Oh well, we'll see how long it takes before mysql.org either shuts down the site, redirects everything to NuSphere (uh, bad idea), redirects everything to mysql.com (most likely), or gets sued by MySQL AB for the rights to the domain (unlikely judging by the tone of the release).
I dunno, I'm kinda torn on this, on one hand I want to slap NuSphere for doing something dumb like this that can only make everyone invlolved look bad. On the other hand, why NOT have a competing site for resources and information, it would certainly light the fire under mysql.com to keep on top of their documentation and support alleys.
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start Mozilla or Netscape 6.1 [sic] with -turbo on
Ok, that -turbo option is VERY cool, that was exactly the feature I've been waiting for to allow me to finally dump IE as my primary browser (can't kill it completely, web programming yadda yadda).
Thanks for the tip!
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Until they [the service providers] decide to come up with some standard messaging protocals, you are pretty much screwed.
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You won't get him past 5... I'll tell you why:
:(
1) No one is going to mod him down to try your theory. sorry
2) The display limit for moderations is -1 to +5 he will still get the extra karma though.
3) In MySQL, you can't have 2 inserts occur at the exact same moment, there is a queueueu-ing system in place, this may not have been very robust when it happened previously.
So, now you know...
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just submitted a link to:
Hackers move too fast for CIA
Wait to see how long until it gets rejected.
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I hate those damn Ryder trucks, the one I rented was capped at 70mph, but there are stretches here that are 75mph limit.
It was more of an aggravation having the gas pedal PUSH BACK at my foot when the speed limiting switch was activated. The truck actually burned MORE fuel when I had it floored and the limit was capped.
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I didn't say American beer, I said good beer ;)
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I'm sure, while this may not be illegal per se, you WOULD go to jail.
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So, you don't speed?
Then get out of the damn fast lane geezer.
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And answer this... why are the majority of our beer sales shipped to bars in the states?
:)
They use it to water down the good beer.
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function MicroSteal(amount)
{
ieCOM_cybercashValidate(EJ348-JKHKL-34HPQ-UU961-9
}
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Isn't that fraud?
Plus, trying to explain that to Joe Surfer who only saw "$0.05!!! BUY NOW!" would be something of a challenge. The best way is to lump these payments into a single transaction each month where the processor will only skim a percentage from the aggregate, not from each individual item.
It's a subscription... for content sites this equates to monthly subscription charges. For item purchases, it means the amount won't post until the first of the month. If I'm not mistaken, you can bounce as many validation requests off a provider as you want, but charge requests cost $$$, so just aggregate with validate (Johnny Cochran voice).
It sure beats surprising someone with an extra $4.95
:)
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This just means that the project will get turned over to the NSA or the CIA and there won't be any accountibility anymore.
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Ok, take a step back and look at the big picture... eventually Linux is going to be as simplified as Win*. When that day comes, do you want people to bitch because the only way they can keep their system clean is to install from source?
On the flip side of that, MS actually seems to have gotten their shit together as of Win2K, why not just rip off their innovation and implement a similar system for libs in Linux? I'm sure if Linux had done it first MS would have no problem borrowing the idea for their own OS.
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"Maybe slashdot mgmt. could even forward the top rated comments to them directly!"
:)
Submit all the +5 Funny comments, I can see it now. I'm sure that's likely to spawn a senate oversight committee. How come I can't rate the stories too? Just the comments...
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There was an article on this a few months ago, also with Scott McNealy's quip about privacy being dead. I wrote my own short expose on it as well, so I figure I'll just link to it instead of regurgitating it all over a comment.
I'm kind of curious how other people feel about being a private citizen (always using aliases, fake names, online) -vs- being a public citizen (never hiding your true identity or information. Don't get me wrong, there will always be privacy at a certain extent because of security (bank accounts, credit card info), but is it really necessary to hide everything?
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I am Tiger Woods
d ir =http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eneurotrash%2Ecom%2Findex%2Ecfm %3Ffuseaction%3Dclip%5Fdetails%26clip%5Fid%3D420+
if it's broken, copy and paste.. then strip the spaces:
http://ifilm.com/db/redirect/1,1775,,00.html?re
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...is why there are no StarBucks or McDonalds on the moon.
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Using your brain to store music:
A Napster In The Making?
reporting source: http://www.stephenvandyke.com/main/?d=2088
As if the music industry doesn't already have its share of digital headaches, it may have a new source of potential copyright infringement to contend with: human memory.
A British Internet monitoring startup calls the ability of the human brain to store music "another Napster in the making" and says the industry may be losing more than $1 trillion a day in related royalties.
Envisional Ltd., which sells software and services for monitoring intellectual-property rights violations, discovered the potential infringement while doing an MP3-related research project for the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.
Co-founder and chief operating officer Ben Coppin said the company decided to pursue the research on its own.
Studies have shown that the human brain can store over 30 terabytes of information, and there are currently no copyright protections in place that allow recording artists to recover these financial losses due to downloading and sharing. The most common form of uploading was through auditory senses, or the ears.
Coppin said record labels are entitled to 7.5 cents for each memory and song in a person's brain that uses copyrighted material, but industry sources couldn't confirm that figure.
Envisional arrived at its estimate of potential losses based on analyst research indicating that very few individuals with brains who are paying the required royalties. Coppin said he considers his firm's estimate to be "rough," but adds that "our feeling is that it's fairly conservative."
He said Envisional has had discussions with multiple, well-known music labels about taking the research further.
Webnoize Inc. analyst Ric Dube said storing music in the human brain is becoming big business, particularly in Asia and other regions where humans have bigger heads and can store the music much easier.
The storage of copyrighted memories, Dube said, could present a revenue opportunity for the labels.
Meanwhile, Gartner analyst P.J. McNealy said concerns surrounding music memories aren't about to take on the magnitude of file sharing, at least not until streaming technologies allow flawless playback from the brain. He went on to explain that quite simply, many people just can't sing.
"I don't see the [Recording Industry Association of America] launching a round of lawsuits," said McNealy. "But rest assured we have the technology to stop these offenders, it's very easy to perform a lobotomy."
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The Slashdot effect only affects your server if you have one or more of the following:
a) a crappy server/bad configuration (more prevalent than you might think)
b) slowus connectionus (don't host your site on your cable modem, mmmkay?)
c) you are too cheap to enjoy the amount of traffic you get and you shut it down
That probably explains the majority of sites that die because of a Slashdot link, there could be other problems as well (script kiddies, DOS attacks, etc).
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Christ man, have you ever tried to install Qmail?
In response to the bad QA... uhh, this is inherent in any OS, regardless... the reason it's so vogue to bash on M1cr0$0f7 (yee haw, i leet now) is because it's so prominant. I have software that runs on Linux/BSD that I bitch at every day because it's such a pain in the ass to use and has weird bugs (features) that take a while to resolve.
So, you my want to keep your hand at your side before you go slapping apps because they have poor QA, lest you slap yourself.
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Hell yeah, the last thing we need is another lame bitchfest E/N site. BTW, I just bought the game a couple days ago (haven't taken it out of the box yet), but with the attitude michael displayed, I have the urge to go play it tonight just to spite him.
And if it doesn't work, then I'll deal with the support pages, and if all else fails, I'll warn people not to buy games from them... in an appropriate tone. No wonder people think the Open Source community is a bunch of whiners with this kind of editorial heralded at one of the top sites for our community.
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Just think, one day this will be -1, Redundant. :)
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M has their own civ-like game, Age of Empires, I don't think they will be buying the rights to CivIII anytime soon. It would be easier for them to just copy it at this point.
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