If they really believed in open documents, surely they would make the whole collection browseable or available in torrents? Instead from what I could see, it is a DOI search.
It would appear that the US is not the only country using the "Think of the children" line to squeeze in questionable policies. I know it should be obvious, but it just seemed to stick out.
Not everyone is you and there are people who use these services to market themselves or their company. You could argue it is all fluff, but if it gets the necessary attention and business, that's what matters in the end.
The use case is much closer to that of an Arduino, than that of the Rasberry B. So, unless you are looking to do embedded type stuff, then you are probably not the right market.
No I was surprised that they were able to stay in business after the launch of vista and the windows 8 disaster.
Given the alternatives, I am not surprised people have stayed with them. Not, because the alternatives are bad, but because of the investment in terms of money and human skill sets.
The real alternatives are MacOS and Linux, but they have their own issues. MacOS limits your hardware choice to one company, even if some may argue it is the 'more user friendly OS' and Linux still doesn't feel like it has the user facing polish it could have, then add to the fact that there doesn't seem to be a desktop UI that seems to have a strong continual investment in improving the experience that the lowest common denominator of uses would appreciate.
The way I see it:
- Linux is a great server OS, but weak on the desktop
- MacOS is strong on the desktop, but weak on the server
- Windows is average everywhere
The above also indicates why I believe many companies choose Windows: it may not be the best at anything, but works well enough for must general use cases and allow companies to deal with one vendor and not need a high level of expertise.
How about it should work as described? I doubt most users would be testing equipment to be sure it matches spec. They would simply expect it to work, as it should.
If enough cases of exploding computers happen, due to a proliferation of dodgy USB-C cables, I would believe it would quickly get the attention of law makers, rather than just the tech community and merchants?
At the same time, enough exploding computers may simply drive people to high-end brands, if they care enough about their investment.
As mentioned above if the thread is moderated that should also be a condition to prevent editing. The other approach is to allow editing, but undo positive moderation.
One other site, that I'll name drop as 'Tumblr', has no official IPv6 policy, but they use a CDN that does have IPv6 nodes. The issue is that without an IPv6 policy, they won't be monitoring for IPv6 brokenness, causing issues for people coming from IPv6 enabled domains. I have seen some people mention they have been experiencing slow downs seeing content for this reason. Not a great show.
One other site that needs help is Ars Technica, that really needs to push its parent company to get with it.
I think we are beyond the point where we can let popular sites have a free pass with IPv6 readyness.
Maybe it is time to introduce people to Flyting, which Wikipedia describes as " a contest consisting of the exchange of insults, often conducted in verse, between two parties". This could help people develop a bit of a skin and learn how to handle uncomfortable situations?
There are probably alternative methods, but the end goal is the same: helping people develop a bit of a skin and teach them how to deal with socially awkward situations, in a socially acceptable manner.
Add support for IPv6. Perl now has improved IPv6 support, especially in libwww, so that should no longer be a blocker?
I realise there are people who will express that we are still a way off, but this is a "news for nerds" site, so surely this would fit the 'nerds' element?
That is true, unless the supply resource becomes constrained or unpredictable. In the former it is clear why the cost goes up, while in the latter it happens because you need to balance out the ups and downs, especially when you don't know how long a down could last.
Just replying to myself, since I decided to check whether this already being done, and indeed it is in some places. The first search hit turned up the Ontario Energy Board: http://www.ontarioenergyboard....
Would it make sense to price power per kilowatt usage blocks? As an example: 0-9.9 kW is 5c/W, 10 kW - 19.9 kW 6c/kW, 20 kW - 29.9 kW 7c/kW, etc. Ignore the actual values, but instead think of the tiers. The idea would be to encourage people to try to keep within a certain threshold and 'penalizing' people "who just don't give a damn". For the people who can afford to buy less power hogging equipment or adjust the demand, then they can do so and for those below a certain income level, well they can probably get a break up to a certain threshold?
One thing that has been done by other power companies is to charge people less for using electricity during non-peak hours, as this helps reduce peak hour use and also help power generation avoid power ramp up and downs.
On my keyboard, the "\" key is directly above the "return" key. I have accidentally struck "return" at the same time as "\", resulting in entering the command before I meant it to. I've never done this as root or at root, but I'd be mighty pissed if I bricked my hardware with a simple mistake on the command line.
This is probably why some people type the rm command backwards or do an ls first then modify the previous entry. More work, but safer.
Also make me wonder whether there are any implementations of 'rm' that would prompt for the first execution of an execution (semi interactive)?
I don't know how Discovery is in Norway, but here in Canada the increasing frequency of the commercials and the show format killed it for me. Previously a show would feel like it had content, now it feels like 20% of the show time being real content, with the other 80% being commercials, announcing what is coming up after the breaks and what came before the breaks.
The History Channel is no better and worse when I got a DVD from the channel for my father, the format was kept - ugh.
It may be true for many people, but there are still people who just want to switch on a stream and just follow what's happening. They like someone else to suggest what to watch, like party people letting the DJ run with it.
What turned me away from cable was more the constant breaks between the commercials, uh, I mean the shear amount of commercials during the show and that once you have eliminated the announcing what's coming up and resuming what's happened, you end up with what feels like only 20 minutes of a actual content during an hour. Time wasted, patience tested, sanity tested, service buried.
Cable have a future, but not in their current form. The companies may well still exist, but the service they offer will be different. Their business models are crumbling like a vampire in the daylight.
If they uses the IPTV approach, then they could just leverage devices people already have, such as the Apple TV, an Android TV based device or maybe a tablet.
Maybe this bitter medicine may actually help cable companies wake up and improve their service and the way people watch the content? There are people who still like the programmed content stream, but not necessarily the limitations on which device they can watch it on.
One company they should be copying: http://www.free.fr/adsl/freebo... (just use Google translate). It may be solution limited to France, but I am envious every time I read their offering.
Well if quality isn't a factor in what you buy, then quality need not be a factor in the legal system.
I can understand wanting to save money, but you also need to understand the consequences of doing my so. Mind you, paying more doesn't always mean better quality, so buyer beware.
The goal of the Open Document Format is closer to a general MS Office document, than what a PDF is trying to achieve. In many ways a PDF represents a 'print equivalent' rendition that is also generally considered as final form of submission. It is not designed, for the most part, to be edited once produced. This is also the reason a number of friends and contacts prefer sending their resumes to head hunters in PDF form.
One other factor regarding PDF, it is the largest common denominator, in terms of human oriented file format people have tools for viewing. Sometimes we need to accept that sometimes that 'mediocre' solution is better than that 'great' solution. Life is about compromises and choosing your battles - I have accepted PDF does the job, is open enough and that I have other problems that are worthing putting my energy into.
Additionally, what is a suitable replacement for PDF? There used to be some alternatives, but they all died, from what I can see.
There are times when the closest thing to an open standard, is one published by a business, because there is no other appropriate open standard.
If there are a lack of tools on the Linux side, then that is something the Linux community needs to address. On MacOS X, the PDF tools that many people use on developed by Apple and not Adobe, but work with the specification as published. We can't always blame others for not using our favourite tool and in the case of government, businesses and even private citizens, PDF is the closest thing to a common document interchange format, that represents their document rendition the best.
I use all three operating system, but accept they each have their own strength and weaknesses.
Cool that they were able to do something extra with this small device. The next step would be having this support a kernel image from the SD card, so the non-hardware hackers amongst us can do other cool stuff. Either way I am curious to know what uses people end up putting it to, beyond the suggested.
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If they really believed in open documents, surely they would make the whole collection browseable or available in torrents? Instead from what I could see, it is a DOI search.
The url was mistyped, it should be: http://sci-hub.io/
On the other hand it is pretty much on par with the Canadian dollar. What it will buy you locally is a whole different issue.
It would appear that the US is not the only country using the "Think of the children" line to squeeze in questionable policies. I know it should be obvious, but it just seemed to stick out.
Not everyone is you and there are people who use these services to market themselves or their company. You could argue it is all fluff, but if it gets the necessary attention and business, that's what matters in the end.
If Facebook really wanted to provide free access, then thry could always sponsor internet Café, as an alternative.
The use case is much closer to that of an Arduino, than that of the Rasberry B. So, unless you are looking to do embedded type stuff, then you are probably not the right market.
No I was surprised that they were able to stay in business after the launch of vista and the windows 8 disaster.
Given the alternatives, I am not surprised people have stayed with them. Not, because the alternatives are bad, but because of the investment in terms of money and human skill sets.
The real alternatives are MacOS and Linux, but they have their own issues. MacOS limits your hardware choice to one company, even if some may argue it is the 'more user friendly OS' and Linux still doesn't feel like it has the user facing polish it could have, then add to the fact that there doesn't seem to be a desktop UI that seems to have a strong continual investment in improving the experience that the lowest common denominator of uses would appreciate.
The way I see it:
- Linux is a great server OS, but weak on the desktop
- MacOS is strong on the desktop, but weak on the server
- Windows is average everywhere
The above also indicates why I believe many companies choose Windows: it may not be the best at anything, but works well enough for must general use cases and allow companies to deal with one vendor and not need a high level of expertise.
How about it should work as described? I doubt most users would be testing equipment to be sure it matches spec. They would simply expect it to work, as it should.
If enough cases of exploding computers happen, due to a proliferation of dodgy USB-C cables, I would believe it would quickly get the attention of law makers, rather than just the tech community and merchants?
At the same time, enough exploding computers may simply drive people to high-end brands, if they care enough about their investment.
As mentioned above if the thread is moderated that should also be a condition to prevent editing. The other approach is to allow editing, but undo positive moderation.
One other site, that I'll name drop as 'Tumblr', has no official IPv6 policy, but they use a CDN that does have IPv6 nodes. The issue is that without an IPv6 policy, they won't be monitoring for IPv6 brokenness, causing issues for people coming from IPv6 enabled domains. I have seen some people mention they have been experiencing slow downs seeing content for this reason. Not a great show.
One other site that needs help is Ars Technica, that really needs to push its parent company to get with it.
I think we are beyond the point where we can let popular sites have a free pass with IPv6 readyness.
Maybe it is time to introduce people to Flyting, which Wikipedia describes as " a contest consisting of the exchange of insults, often conducted in verse, between two parties". This could help people develop a bit of a skin and learn how to handle uncomfortable situations?
There are probably alternative methods, but the end goal is the same: helping people develop a bit of a skin and teach them how to deal with socially awkward situations, in a socially acceptable manner.
Wikipedia entry: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik...
Add support for IPv6. Perl now has improved IPv6 support, especially in libwww, so that should no longer be a blocker?
I realise there are people who will express that we are still a way off, but this is a "news for nerds" site, so surely this would fit the 'nerds' element?
That is true, unless the supply resource becomes constrained or unpredictable. In the former it is clear why the cost goes up, while in the latter it happens because you need to balance out the ups and downs, especially when you don't know how long a down could last.
Just replying to myself, since I decided to check whether this already being done, and indeed it is in some places. The first search hit turned up the Ontario Energy Board: http://www.ontarioenergyboard....
Would it make sense to price power per kilowatt usage blocks? As an example: 0-9.9 kW is 5c/W, 10 kW - 19.9 kW 6c/kW, 20 kW - 29.9 kW 7c/kW, etc. Ignore the actual values, but instead think of the tiers. The idea would be to encourage people to try to keep within a certain threshold and 'penalizing' people "who just don't give a damn". For the people who can afford to buy less power hogging equipment or adjust the demand, then they can do so and for those below a certain income level, well they can probably get a break up to a certain threshold?
One thing that has been done by other power companies is to charge people less for using electricity during non-peak hours, as this helps reduce peak hour use and also help power generation avoid power ramp up and downs.
On my keyboard, the "\" key is directly above the "return" key. I have accidentally struck "return" at the same time as "\", resulting in entering the command before I meant it to. I've never done this as root or at root, but I'd be mighty pissed if I bricked my hardware with a simple mistake on the command line.
This is probably why some people type the rm command backwards or do an ls first then modify the previous entry. More work, but safer.
Also make me wonder whether there are any implementations of 'rm' that would prompt for the first execution of an execution (semi interactive)?
I don't know how Discovery is in Norway, but here in Canada the increasing frequency of the commercials and the show format killed it for me. Previously a show would feel like it had content, now it feels like 20% of the show time being real content, with the other 80% being commercials, announcing what is coming up after the breaks and what came before the breaks.
The History Channel is no better and worse when I got a DVD from the channel for my father, the format was kept - ugh.
It may be true for many people, but there are still people who just want to switch on a stream and just follow what's happening. They like someone else to suggest what to watch, like party people letting the DJ run with it.
What turned me away from cable was more the constant breaks between the commercials, uh, I mean the shear amount of commercials during the show and that once you have eliminated the announcing what's coming up and resuming what's happened, you end up with what feels like only 20 minutes of a actual content during an hour. Time wasted, patience tested, sanity tested, service buried.
Cable have a future, but not in their current form. The companies may well still exist, but the service they offer will be different. Their business models are crumbling like a vampire in the daylight.
If they uses the IPTV approach, then they could just leverage devices people already have, such as the Apple TV, an Android TV based device or maybe a tablet.
Maybe this bitter medicine may actually help cable companies wake up and improve their service and the way people watch the content? There are people who still like the programmed content stream, but not necessarily the limitations on which device they can watch it on.
One company they should be copying: http://www.free.fr/adsl/freebo... (just use Google translate). It may be solution limited to France, but I am envious every time I read their offering.
Well if quality isn't a factor in what you buy, then quality need not be a factor in the legal system.
I can understand wanting to save money, but you also need to understand the consequences of doing my so. Mind you, paying more doesn't always mean better quality, so buyer beware.
The goal of the Open Document Format is closer to a general MS Office document, than what a PDF is trying to achieve. In many ways a PDF represents a 'print equivalent' rendition that is also generally considered as final form of submission. It is not designed, for the most part, to be edited once produced. This is also the reason a number of friends and contacts prefer sending their resumes to head hunters in PDF form.
One other factor regarding PDF, it is the largest common denominator, in terms of human oriented file format people have tools for viewing. Sometimes we need to accept that sometimes that 'mediocre' solution is better than that 'great' solution. Life is about compromises and choosing your battles - I have accepted PDF does the job, is open enough and that I have other problems that are worthing putting my energy into.
Additionally, what is a suitable replacement for PDF? There used to be some alternatives, but they all died, from what I can see.
There are times when the closest thing to an open standard, is one published by a business, because there is no other appropriate open standard.
If there are a lack of tools on the Linux side, then that is something the Linux community needs to address. On MacOS X, the PDF tools that many people use on developed by Apple and not Adobe, but work with the specification as published. We can't always blame others for not using our favourite tool and in the case of government, businesses and even private citizens, PDF is the closest thing to a common document interchange format, that represents their document rendition the best.
I use all three operating system, but accept they each have their own strength and weaknesses.
I had understood there was an element of soldering and de-soldering involved.
Cool that they were able to do something extra with this small device. The next step would be having this support a kernel image from the SD card, so the non-hardware hackers amongst us can do other cool stuff. Either way I am curious to know what uses people end up putting it to, beyond the suggested.