1 lap to go and the field is door-to-door and bumper-to-bumper. These online racers really know how to get around this place. They're swapping positions in every turn. Who's gonna win is anobody's guess. Here they come, out of turn 4. It's neck and neck, the fans are on their feet!
Wait a second. something happened to the leader. He just wrecked the whole field.
The "root servers" contain the locations of the "top level domain (TLD) servers". They can answer queries such as "where is the DNS for.com?"
The TLD servers contain locations of the "next-to-top level domain servers. They can answer queries such as "where is the DNS for IBM.com?"
IBM's own DNS can answer the question "where is www.ibm.com?".
The system is already decentralized to the point that an attacker would have to hit numerous targets to have any significant effect. The only "central point" is the "source files" that feed the upper-level DN servers. Decentralizing those sources would turn the Net into anarchy. "I'm the DNS for.com", "no, I'm the DNS for.com".
I suppose you *could* decentralize the sources, but you would need to implement a system of trust which would have its own center.
"Business users will never take open source seriously..."
You (and the people who modded you insightful) should open your eyes. You sound like a weatherman reporting clear skies while standing under an umbrella.
The hardware guy in the cube next to me let out a loud "dammit" one day. I walked over and he said that his "Oscope had crashed". The machine was a ~$50k HP and upon rebooting it I saw that it ran (yeah right) Win95.
In that instant, the name "Hewlett Packard" which I had always held to be synonymous with "professional grade" went swirling down drain.
In the 20 or so years that i've been listening to them, subs which use relatively small, high-excursion drivers in a sealed enclosure have been the best, especially for percussion. They need more power, but it's worth it.
Ported subs just don't seem to have the *punch*, and it's tiring to listen to music which has a lot of info near the resonant freq of the port.
What other contracts? Unless they have something that shows that the "participants" were acting as partners rather than consumers, they did in-fact distribute the code just as the word Beta suggests.
Calling it a "closed beta" is an admission that their intent was to discriminate about who was elligible to receive the product.
UL was trying to pull a fast one and they got bagged. Their lawyers will sound like Bill Clinton trying to show how they never had "consumer" relations with those "participants".
"Well yes, we 'gave' it to them, but we never 'distributed' it, and in any case, they were told not to inhale it."
"Beta" testing means "outside" which does imply distribution. The line needs to be drawn somewhere. IMO, the reasonable place is in-between the Jargon File definitions of Alpha-test and Beta-test.
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The "hermetically sealed mayonnaise jar on Funk and Wagnall's porch" is an old Johnny Carson joke. Do a google search for "Carnac the Magnificent"
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Before 9/11, we knew that the World Trade Center had a bullseye on it. For years we've known that airliners are targets. We had even heard speculation that terrorists would someday attempt a 9/11 style attack.
Why were the cockpit doors open? If the airlines had taken security the least bit seriously, they could have taken a few pages from the security manual at El Al and 9/11 would not have happened. IMO, the airlines were negligent and are responsible for all losses suffered that day.
"Don't you dare try to bring nail clippers onboard, even though just 1 year ago *we* were stupid enough to give terrorists access to the controls of a 100-ton guided missile."
Why haven't I heard criticizm of the airlines in the mass media? All I hear is how *they* are losing money because of the ordeal. Congress is bailing them out. Where's the outrage? The media aren't talking, probably because airlines buy lots of ads.
Are you asking how commercial tv has managed to survive 50 years without the ability to spy on their viewers?
My cable company needs to know that i subscribe to Speedvision so that they can provide it to me and bill me for it. Those are the only legitimate uses for that bit of info. They have no legit reason to track the time of day i watch it. I, for one, will go back to rabbit ears the day they try to do it to me.
We have the right to privacy in our homes. True Americans are willing to fight to protect their rights.
"But hey, if you believe this Delorean works as advertised then you probably already have one of these stainless steel supercars in your garage -- having believed GM's claims too."
John Delorean once worked for GM (he was a manager on the GTO project), but the car called "DeLorean" was not a GM product.
Turntablists have started gluing little handles to the sensor arrays of ordinary flatbed scanners. This could be the biggest new thing since the waa-waa pedal.
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"So 900 Kw would raise 1000 Kg of water .21 degrees Celcius"
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1 lap to go and the field is door-to-door and bumper-to-bumper. These online racers really know how to get around this place. They're swapping positions in every turn. Who's gonna win is anobody's guess. Here they come, out of turn 4. It's neck and neck, the fans are on their feet!
Wait a second. something happened to the leader. He just wrecked the whole field.
What happened out there Dale? Did you cut a tire?
Nah, just a popup.
You probably need to feed their cookie monster.
This is informative?
.com?"
.com", "no, I'm the DNS for .com".
The "root servers" contain the locations of the "top level domain (TLD) servers". They can answer queries such as "where is the DNS for
The TLD servers contain locations of the "next-to-top level domain servers. They can answer queries such as "where is the DNS for IBM.com?"
IBM's own DNS can answer the question "where is www.ibm.com?".
The system is already decentralized to the point that an attacker would have to hit numerous targets to have any significant effect. The only "central point" is the "source files" that feed the upper-level DN servers. Decentralizing those sources would turn the Net into anarchy. "I'm the DNS for
I suppose you *could* decentralize the sources, but you would need to implement a system of trust which would have its own center.
After that... Monkeyboy appears on stage with a flock of penguins doing his rendition of "La Cucaracha".
"Business users will never take open source seriously..."
You (and the people who modded you insightful) should open your eyes. You sound like a weatherman reporting clear skies while standing under an umbrella.
"... more experiments needed though"
Have you thought about trying this on the equator or at one of the poles?
Yep.
The hardware guy in the cube next to me let out a loud "dammit" one day. I walked over and he said that his "Oscope had crashed". The machine was a ~$50k HP and upon rebooting it I saw that it ran (yeah right) Win95.
In that instant, the name "Hewlett Packard" which I had always held to be synonymous with "professional grade" went swirling down drain.
taking a picture of a Beowulf cluster with one of these!
In the 20 or so years that i've been listening to them, subs which use relatively small, high-excursion drivers in a sealed enclosure have been the best, especially for percussion. They need more power, but it's worth it.
Ported subs just don't seem to have the *punch*, and it's tiring to listen to music which has a lot of info near the resonant freq of the port.
What other contracts? Unless they have something that shows that the "participants" were acting as partners rather than consumers, they did in-fact distribute the code just as the word Beta suggests.
Calling it a "closed beta" is an admission that their intent was to discriminate about who was elligible to receive the product.
UL was trying to pull a fast one and they got bagged. Their lawyers will sound like Bill Clinton trying to show how they never had "consumer" relations with those "participants".
"Well yes, we 'gave' it to them, but we never 'distributed' it, and in any case, they were told not to inhale it."
I agree. No, wait a second, I disagree.
"Beta" testing means "outside" which does imply distribution. The line needs to be drawn somewhere. IMO, the reasonable place is in-between the Jargon File definitions of Alpha-test and Beta-test.
The "hermetically sealed mayonnaise jar on Funk and Wagnall's porch" is an old Johnny Carson joke. Do a google search for "Carnac the Magnificent"
good post
Searching for nail clippers? Give me a break.
Before 9/11, we knew that the World Trade Center had a bullseye on it. For years we've known that airliners are targets. We had even heard speculation that terrorists would someday attempt a 9/11 style attack.
Why were the cockpit doors open? If the airlines had taken security the least bit seriously, they could have taken a few pages from the security manual at El Al and 9/11 would not have happened. IMO, the airlines were negligent and are responsible for all losses suffered that day.
"Don't you dare try to bring nail clippers onboard, even though just 1 year ago *we* were stupid enough to give terrorists access to the controls of a 100-ton guided missile."
Why haven't I heard criticizm of the airlines in the mass media? All I hear is how *they* are losing money because of the ordeal. Congress is bailing them out. Where's the outrage? The media aren't talking, probably because airlines buy lots of ads.
Are you asking how commercial tv has managed to survive 50 years without the ability to spy on their viewers?
My cable company needs to know that i subscribe to Speedvision so that they can provide it to me and bill me for it. Those are the only legitimate uses for that bit of info. They have no legit reason to track the time of day i watch it. I, for one, will go back to rabbit ears the day they try to do it to me.
We have the right to privacy in our homes. True Americans are willing to fight to protect their rights.
"But hey, if you believe this Delorean works as advertised then you probably already have one of these stainless steel supercars in your garage -- having believed GM's claims too."
John Delorean once worked for GM (he was a manager on the GTO project), but the car called "DeLorean" was not a GM product.
There's a possibility that your opponent will spontaneously combust, but that doesn't make it a game of chance.
The service gal asks Random J. Screwloose to "please send a copy of your disk" and the dope sends her a photocopy.
Turntablists have started gluing little handles to the sensor arrays of ordinary flatbed scanners. This could be the biggest new thing since the waa-waa pedal.
that shoe phones make Max Smart?
"Well, there's some guy named Justin who used to date Britney Spears, and a bunch of other guys"
Sounds like he's confused. I wonder if he ever achieved re-entry with Ms. Spears, or if he ever offered her $20M for the ride.
FYI...
New York city banned pinball in 1942 for the same reason Greece is doing it now.
I'll spare you the insults.
Hans: dat compudah is for da girly-man.
Franz: ya, mine is a beowulf cluster.
Hans: ya, of Crays.
Franz: ya, und they are overclocked.
Apple won't go after the x86 market because MS would never agree to build "MSOffice for MacOSX x86".
In MS marketing parlance, it would be "Where the hell do you think *you're* going?"