If someone could come up with a peer-to-peer bandwidth hopping scheme, this would actually be pretty cool.
My guess is that the easiest way would be to build in some sort of GPS ability (so you know where you are in relation to your nearest land-node). Your packets hop from wireless node to wireless node until they hit the land-node. Same technique for receiving packets.
Everyone knows that anything new in the film industry was pioneered in the porn world first.:)
The reality is, even though Episode II is being filmed all digital, the film industry is going to remain reluctant to switch to all digital formats, primarily because they know that compared to film media, digital media is much easier to copy and distribute, and since they already have a monopoly on the distribution channels, it makes no sense for them to upheave everything and switch. The only reason they will ever switch on a wide scale is if the costs deem it much cheaper (not only for materials, but logistically, labor, etc) for them to mae such a bold move.
I forsee that the changes will come slowly, but rest assured, there will be strings attached, such as proprietary digital formats, equipment, etc. By the time the industry gets its gears in motion to move to any new format, there will inevitably be a newer, shinier one that is hiding in the corner.
AMD was notably slower in New Mexico as well, in fact it was really too close to call.
Meahwhile, AMD officials were quick to point out that the tests had already proven the "will of the program", which showed AMD ahead by a large margin. Intel was smug as they responded "We will wait for the final benchmark, which will show that we are the faster x86".
I find it really interesting that Windows, which has always prided itself on ease of use and less on stability is finally making its way up the ladder toward actually having a more robust system. On the other hand, we have Linux, which has prided itself on stability first, working its way DOWN the ladder to the lowest common denominator of a user.
Notice the trend? Microsoft starts with crap and cruft and makes it better, Linux starts with a very good OS and dumbs it down.
Now the very cool part is that we are finally starting to see the two (or three if you want to be picky) OSs start to meet each other in a middle ground. Linux is obviously garnering the brighter windows users as time goes by. The tools in Linux continue to become much more user-friendly whereas windows does not really make news tools, merely reinvents them over and over. The fact of the matter is, the momentum behind the desktop wars is now starting to speed up. My guess is that by the time KDE hits 4.0 there will be little to discern Linux from Windows when it comes to desktop appearances alone.
I guess I have a point, if you read it again you may be able to figure it out as well:)
To Keep French Out, Yahoo Creates
"Fine British Wines" Category
Paris, France (SatireWire.com) -- To comply with French law and keep French Web surfers from attempting to view Nazi memorabilia on its auction site, Yahoo today said it will move Nazi artifacts from their current category -- Antiques > Militaria > WWII -- to a listing under Home > Food > Fine British Wines.
The announcement came only hours after a French court ruled the Santa Clara, Cal.-based company was in violation of France's anti-racism laws, which it make it illegal to sell or display anything that incites racism. French culture minister Catherine Tasca accepted Yahoo's proposal, noting that "No self-respecting French person would dignify such a category by clicking on it." However, she added, identifying British wines as "fine" was "unnecessarily vulgar."
Ahh but then we have to worry about phrozen crew making a crack to redirect this to there servers that auto return valid each time but then logging everything sent so they get all our registration info (i'd immiagine it'd consist of name email company serial # and maybe address/phone)
Sure, the first iterations will be quick binaries that get launched sync-ed to Office10, but there will be at LEAST 1 guy out there who will post the code, because he can. He'll probably post the algorithms that MS uses too. Then everyone will get to see DeCSS round 2. I'm willing to throw some money down on a bet for this. Because MS is dumb enough to let it happen, and yes, someone out there is dumb enough to bet "victimized" when MS comes knocking on their dorr because they cracked the algorithm/connection parameters.
If this application is doing network validation every time it is launched, i wonder how long it's going to take before someone comes out with a Napigator type app that redirects the request to bogus servers? I give it a week... tops
I bet in the US you would earn more saying 'would you like fires with that' in McDonalds
Yes, I would like some fire with that... OMG this was too funny to read, very funny typo. I can just imagine some disgruntled 17yo kid trying to throw oil on a customer and setting them on fire, too funny.
I can imagine some Russian hacker laughing his ass off right about now.
Announcer: "We've secretly switched the Win2K Whistler kernel with Linux 2.4, let's see if anyone notices." eWeek: "Amazing... [it's very] Stable."
Announcer: "We've also secretly switched the Win2K Whistler GUI with BeOS." eWeek: "...the option of having the operating system group multiple iterations of the same application..."
Announcer: "And because we had full access to the source code for 2 weeks, we also added our own backdoor so we could do it again, to your machine." eWeek: "...a widely deployed remote-control feature..." Announcer: "Ok, just kidding, the backdoor was added by Microsoft, even we aren't that evil."
Yeah, we all saw PointCast crash and burn when the fad of Push technology died. Maybe.NET and MS framework tecnologies will meet a similar fate, but I won't speculate.
I think that in theory, having a web programming standard API is good... of course that is just in theory. The fact is that people will need function specific programs that will either fit realy well in these frameworks, or fail miserably. I can only analogize this to the idea of cookie-cutter programming, only this time they decided to make the cookies really big instead addressing the real issue, it's still the wrong shape.
Linux - Your Operating system should adapt to your company... not the other way around.
I relenquish this idea to the OSS community, just give me credit for it:)
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Ask yourself what you gain by contributing to this climate of fear and hate. Ask yourself that question when you scurry off for your nightly porn fix. Ask yourself that question when you insult and harass people on slashdot.
Women look at porn too. BTW there's a reason so many men look at pr0n these days instead of going out and trying to meet people... they are afraid they will run into a self-righteous, bra-burning, womens liberation person like yourself. I have enough problems in my day without getting an earful of PMS because I have an extra appendage between my legs... Don't generalize, it's rude.
Someone please moderate this up, personally I'm now more inspired to VOTE because I know this is exactly what the candidates think as well... That anyone 24 doesn't count...
Before an image is served to a browser, the engine runs a series of routines that validates the design and layout and content of the page that it is being displayed from. It then chooses a suitable advertisement based on content and historical data regarding clickthroughs. All this can be done in realtime or the data can be cached by the engine.
Eat that banner boys!
Stock Options: buy a [bigger] house, not a car
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Some people are looking at their stock options as supplements to their current salary, when in fact it should be a supplement to their retirement... Personally, when I look at options when investigating a job opportunity, I'll have a set salary that I know my skills demand, go for strictly salary on that and negotiate options from there. I refuse to let the vanishing horizon of dollar-signs influence my ability to pay today's rent/mortgage bills etc, especially when I can just take my current salary and invest it myself and move it around if I get worried about a particular company...
The [only] escape plan for employees at a.com is to leave, plain and simple.
Alas, I threw mine out last month before moving to a new job. That thing was pretty cool though, had StarOffice and everything for it. But I hadn't even turned it on in 5 years and I seriously doubted I ever would again... too bad, I might have sent it to you.
Slashdot Mirror
Don't you know that you can't post a Wiki link to Slashdot without it getting abused?
Oh well, it should be funny to see how badly their site gets jacked up. I hope they made a backup.
If someone could come up with a peer-to-peer bandwidth hopping scheme, this would actually be pretty cool.
My guess is that the easiest way would be to build in some sort of GPS ability (so you know where you are in relation to your nearest land-node). Your packets hop from wireless node to wireless node until they hit the land-node. Same technique for receiving packets.
Everyone knows that anything new in the film industry was pioneered in the porn world first. :)
The reality is, even though Episode II is being filmed all digital, the film industry is going to remain reluctant to switch to all digital formats, primarily because they know that compared to film media, digital media is much easier to copy and distribute, and since they already have a monopoly on the distribution channels, it makes no sense for them to upheave everything and switch. The only reason they will ever switch on a wide scale is if the costs deem it much cheaper (not only for materials, but logistically, labor, etc) for them to mae such a bold move.
I forsee that the changes will come slowly, but rest assured, there will be strings attached, such as proprietary digital formats, equipment, etc. By the time the industry gets its gears in motion to move to any new format, there will inevitably be a newer, shinier one that is hiding in the corner.
AMD was notably slower in New Mexico as well, in fact it was really too close to call.
Meahwhile, AMD officials were quick to point out that the tests had already proven the "will of the program", which showed AMD ahead by a large margin. Intel was smug as they responded "We will wait for the final benchmark, which will show that we are the faster x86".
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I find it really interesting that Windows, which has always prided itself on ease of use and less on stability is finally making its way up the ladder toward actually having a more robust system. On the other hand, we have Linux, which has prided itself on stability first, working its way DOWN the ladder to the lowest common denominator of a user.
:)
Notice the trend? Microsoft starts with crap and cruft and makes it better, Linux starts with a very good OS and dumbs it down.
Now the very cool part is that we are finally starting to see the two (or three if you want to be picky) OSs start to meet each other in a middle ground. Linux is obviously garnering the brighter windows users as time goes by. The tools in Linux continue to become much more user-friendly whereas windows does not really make news tools, merely reinvents them over and over. The fact of the matter is, the momentum behind the desktop wars is now starting to speed up. My guess is that by the time KDE hits 4.0 there will be little to discern Linux from Windows when it comes to desktop appearances alone.
I guess I have a point, if you read it again you may be able to figure it out as well
Cheers
To Keep French Out, Yahoo Creates "Fine British Wines" Category
Paris, France (SatireWire.com) -- To comply with French law and keep French Web surfers from attempting to view Nazi memorabilia on its auction site, Yahoo today said it will move Nazi artifacts from their current category -- Antiques > Militaria > WWII -- to a listing under Home > Food > Fine British Wines.
The announcement came only hours after a French court ruled the Santa Clara, Cal.-based company was in violation of France's anti-racism laws, which it make it illegal to sell or display anything that incites racism. French culture minister Catherine Tasca accepted Yahoo's proposal, noting that "No self-respecting French person would dignify such a category by clicking on it." However, she added, identifying British wines as "fine" was "unnecessarily vulgar."
Ahh but then we have to worry about phrozen crew making a crack to redirect this to there servers that auto return valid each time but then logging everything sent so they get all our registration info (i'd immiagine it'd consist of name email company serial # and maybe address/phone)
Sure, the first iterations will be quick binaries that get launched sync-ed to Office10, but there will be at LEAST 1 guy out there who will post the code, because he can. He'll probably post the algorithms that MS uses too. Then everyone will get to see DeCSS round 2. I'm willing to throw some money down on a bet for this. Because MS is dumb enough to let it happen, and yes, someone out there is dumb enough to bet "victimized" when MS comes knocking on their dorr because they cracked the algorithm/connection parameters.
If this application is doing network validation every time it is launched, i wonder how long it's going to take before someone comes out with a Napigator type app that redirects the request to bogus servers? I give it a week... tops
... is that is is already built into your current version of Office... Suckers.
OfficeX? sounds like... Office Sex?
I bet that would make people buy it.
If you own a version of Microsoft Office, Microsoft will sell you a copy of the latest version for a reduced price. So who has it right us or them?"
When I read to that part of the article, milk came out of my nose, I could just imagine MS execs sitting around:
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Exec1: "Hmm, we aren't selling as many copies of Office as we used to, and our revenue slipped from $500B to $499B, what should we do?"
[dramatic music, dun dun dun]
Exec2: "I know! We can just charge more for the same product when they upgrade!"
All: "Hurraaaay!!!"
[happy music, birds singing, all that crap]
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Does anyone question whether this is going on or not? Personally I wouldn't be surprised.
Dammit, this cable signup form is confusing, I wanted HBO not Showtime...
I don't think (TM) is part of the name :)
I bet in the US you would earn more saying 'would you like fires with that' in McDonalds
Yes, I would like some fire with that... OMG this was too funny to read, very funny typo. I can just imagine some disgruntled 17yo kid trying to throw oil on a customer and setting them on fire, too funny.
I can imagine some Russian hacker laughing his ass off right about now.
... [it's very] Stable."
Announcer: "We've secretly switched the Win2K Whistler kernel with Linux 2.4, let's see if anyone notices."
eWeek: "Amazing
Announcer: "We've also secretly switched the Win2K Whistler GUI with BeOS."
eWeek: "...the option of having the operating system group multiple iterations of the same application..."
Announcer: "And because we had full access to the source code for 2 weeks, we also added our own backdoor so we could do it again, to your machine."
eWeek: "...a widely deployed remote-control feature..."
Announcer: "Ok, just kidding, the backdoor was added by Microsoft, even we aren't that evil."
Yeah, we all saw PointCast crash and burn when the fad of Push technology died. Maybe .NET and MS framework tecnologies will meet a similar fate, but I won't speculate.
I think that in theory, having a web programming standard API is good... of course that is just in theory. The fact is that people will need function specific programs that will either fit realy well in these frameworks, or fail miserably. I can only analogize this to the idea of cookie-cutter programming, only this time they decided to make the cookies really big instead addressing the real issue, it's still the wrong shape.
If a mime falls from 165,000 feet, does it make a sonic boom?
If he leaves a crater 30 feet deep, does anyone care?
Linux - Your Operating system should adapt to your company... not the other way around. I relenquish this idea to the OSS community, just give me credit for it :)
Ask yourself what you gain by contributing to this climate of fear and hate. Ask yourself that question when you scurry off for your nightly porn fix. Ask yourself that question when you insult and harass people on slashdot.
Women look at porn too. BTW there's a reason so many men look at pr0n these days instead of going out and trying to meet people... they are afraid they will run into a self-righteous, bra-burning, womens liberation person like yourself. I have enough problems in my day without getting an earful of PMS because I have an extra appendage between my legs... Don't generalize, it's rude.
Someone please moderate this up, personally I'm now more inspired to VOTE because I know this is exactly what the candidates think as well... That anyone 24 doesn't count...
I think it's time we proved them wrong
What's the name of their seti@home team? This thing could crunch data in a matter of seconds...
Intelligent Banner Ad Engine:
Before an image is served to a browser, the engine runs a series of routines that validates the design and layout and content of the page that it is being displayed from. It then chooses a suitable advertisement based on content and historical data regarding clickthroughs. All this can be done in realtime or the data can be cached by the engine.
Eat that banner boys!
Some people are looking at their stock options as supplements to their current salary, when in fact it should be a supplement to their retirement... Personally, when I look at options when investigating a job opportunity, I'll have a set salary that I know my skills demand, go for strictly salary on that and negotiate options from there. I refuse to let the vanishing horizon of dollar-signs influence my ability to pay today's rent/mortgage bills etc, especially when I can just take my current salary and invest it myself and move it around if I get worried about a particular company...
.com is to leave, plain and simple.
The [only] escape plan for employees at a