What do you think Apple created the stores for? So they could ensure the customer would be satisfied with their Apple experience. They're sick of the shitty CompUSSY Apple displays and want to give off an air of l33tness in the store. So why wouldn't they give themselves first pick of new stock?
These were retailers' complaints from the very announcement of the Apple stores, and they're valid from their POV, but really, would you expect apple to give the machines to Compusa before their own stores?
Garmin is set to come out with the Garmin RINO in June, which integrates FRS and GMRS radio with a GPS unit, which will give it up to a 5 mile range of communication.
Okay, I guess this makes me a bad nerd, but I have no clue what FRS or GMRS are. I'm cool on GPS though. Anybody care to explain? And in the future, can you please expand the acronyms in submitted stories, or at least link to explanations? As it is, I don't have the faintest idea why it's newsworthy for Garmin to combine GPS and FMRS or what that enables one to do.
Well that may be so, but if it's similar to their current protocol, I would think it makes more sense, from a capitalistic point of view, for them to use a FastTrack-like protocol than to rewrite their application to use Gnutella.
Also, as far as protocols go, I don't think you can get more "communist" than Gnutella. Also, I'm a fool for replying to a troll.
What is giFT, you ask? giFT is an acronym which stands for the GNU Internet File Transfer project. This project is an initiative to attempt to unify the divided peer-to-peer community following Napster's demise. The basic underlying concept of giFT is that there should be no direct connection between the user interface preferred by the user, and the back-end protocol. This is tackled using a collection of several components together:
src/ The giFT daemon acts as a "bridge" between multiple backend file sharing protocols, exposing them to the end developer in an easy to understand XML-like interface protocol. Yes, I know what you're thinking "hey, that sounds a lot like Jabber!". Well, you're partly correct. Jabber worked by setting up a finite number of translation servers on the Internet, requiring the user to authenticate with one extra remote server in order to take advantage of this technology. We feel that the task would be better handled by a local daemon that acts transparently to the user, feeding the benefits solely to the developer. The giFT team believes that the best way to improve the state of file sharing on the Internet is to allow developers to take on the complex (and unique) tasks specific to their project, rather than re-inventing the wheel that each interface and network must have.
OpenFT/ OpenFT is a p2p network designed to exploit all the functionality giFT supports. Loosely based on FastTrack's design, OpenFT aims to become the new pseudo standard in file trading on the Internet, but we'll settle for Total World Domination.
MSN search for 'linens' - actually, this one has "featured sites", then "sponsored sites", then real links. The "featured sites" are numbered along with the search results, and are apparently hosted on MSN.
Lycos for 'linens' - Sponsored Matches, then "from the lycos network" listed as a result, then real results.
AltaVista for 'linens' - "Products and services" (links to overture, definitely NOT clearly marked), then a "shortcut" to dealtime, also not clearly marked, then real results.
I don't see why people think this is so terrible. It's not like they're mixed in there with the rest, they're clearly marked (except for AltaVista, which also opened up 3 popups). If people aren't clever enough to see what theyre clicking on then they all deserve to get the bomb.
I was denied unemployment benefits because I made too much money. I forget what the exact number is, but I believe if you gross over $600 per week, you are ineligible for unemployment in New York state. Before I was "laid off" by my previous employer, I was making $65,000 a year, and the DOL basically told me to go fuck myself. My application for unemployment benefits was rejected.
Let's see here. 52 weeks/year, $600/week comes to $31,200. If you gross more than that and are laid off, you don't get any help in NYS I guess. Gee, I'm glad I pay taxes for this. If I hadn't gotten another job relatively quickly (within 2 months) I would be living in a cardboard box right now. Which, if I had actually been making ~$31000/year, is about all I would be able to afford in queens anyway. Useless. And don't get me started on the incompetence of the people at the unemployment office.
After hating college, and leaving it for my first job, which turned out to be a near-total disaster (see my journal for more info), in October 2001 I got a job which I love. I'm doing PHP, Apache, sysadmin, all kinds of fun (to me, anyway) stuff for a very small company. The starting salary was, well, crappy, but last week I got a raise. It's still not quite where I'd like to be in terms of salary, but I don't think there's anything that can equal the feeling of wanting to get up in the morning, take the bus to the train and walk the 5 blocks to the office. My girlfriend had been harping on me about the pay, but gave up because I really enjoy the job. My boss is the CEO, and is a very shrewd businessman and also a very good boss. When I took the job I told him I already had U2 tickets so I'd need a day off to stand in line to get the good seats (I was inside the heart at the 2nd MSG show for anybody who saw this past tour) and he was totally understanding. More recently, my girlfriend's mother was diagnosed with lung cancer and he let me take 3 days off so we could fly down to Florida to visit her and bring her back to NY.
On anything technical, I am basically in charge. Everything from moving our server from one datacenter to another, to fixing the exchange server, to figuring out why Oracle is crashing, to redesigning the website for fastest download speed, my word is law basically. Despite my somewhat young age he treats me like an equal and a friend -- when I mentioned that the Dreamcast was now selling for $50 and I'd like to get one, he gave me his, complete with game and the gun thing.
The company is financially sound, the management (basically my boss) is more than competent, the benefits are great, and the pay will increase over time. So yeah, I love my job.
The story was not written by Excite. This is not some devious "make google look bad plot." It's an AP article. Read it here if you prefer, or here. Do some basic research first next time, ok? Additionally, these "ridiculous Overture people" are a real boon to small businesses because they charge per-click rather than per-impression, so you only pay for actual results. CPM sucks, CPC is better. Commission (such as linkshare) is really the best way from a client point-of-view.
There are clocks you can buy that set their time via radio waves -- http://www.howstuffworks.com/question461.htm has some info. Maybe somebody makes a PCI card or other device that allows you to do this on a computer.
often passed down through the maternal half of your family for generations, that sits in a velvet-lined case and slowly tarnishes until Mom decides it's time to clean it again
Wow, that's not just my family? Actually, ours sat in said case until it broke, now it's in the basement. Perish the thought of eating with the stuff!
You, and the people who've posted similar comments in this article, are missing a key difference between getting the source code -- or even a fully-implemented in-house instance -- of Sourceforge or Slashdot and using, as a free service, an instance that is hosted, maintained, and paid for by someone else.
The "You get what you pay for" remark was clearly not intended as a reflection upon the value of free/open software, but as a statement that if you are availing yourself of a service that costs you nothing and which costs the provider of the service huge sums of money (surely tens of thousands of dollars per month), you should really keep the bitching to a minimum. Since this is something CmdrTaco deals with daily (trolls etc), I'm sure he knows how it feels firsthand.
Now I'm not completely innocent in this regard -- I think the Slashdot crew could, in general, show some more journalistic integrity, and speeling/gramar mistakes really irks me -- but basically the answer to every complaint can be summarized with "if you don't like it, don't use it" when it comes to situations like Slashdot or Sourceforge.
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Looks like they gave it the "babelfish + thesaurus" treatment:^)
LoTR was a decent movie, and this isn't meant as an attack on it in any way, but I think the fact that it got 13 nominations is more indicative of the general crappiness of the movies that came out in the past year than LoTR being super-spectacular-wonderful-hooray. As someone who hasn't read any of the books on which the film is based, I found the movie engaging yet boring. Like X-Men, it seems to be just laying the groundwork for the second installment. This will probably make for a good series, but I don't think it makes for a great standalone film.
A more interesting competition this year will be the Razzies, highlighting some of the worst drivel imaginable, and reinforcing my theory that 2001 was a terrible year for movies (Pearl Harbor, Freddy got Fingered, Glitter...).
I use MonMotha's IPTables script to build my firewall. You tell it which ports to leave open and it closes the rest. It also has stuff in there for rate limiting and stuff, I think. According to that page, the beta does port forwarding.
I realize that Slashdot loves to make stupid snide comments, but this is certainly not a "second rate search." Had CmdrTaco even bothered to do a single search he would have seen that the content is coming from subscription magazines and journals -- content that you can't get from Google because it's for-pay content. But far be it from Slashdot to do any sort of investigation.
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This makes my life simpler. Since it's not a bank, I see no reason to let them handle my money. c2it from now on.
What do you think Apple created the stores for? So they could ensure the customer would be satisfied with their Apple experience. They're sick of the shitty CompUSSY Apple displays and want to give off an air of l33tness in the store. So why wouldn't they give themselves first pick of new stock?
These were retailers' complaints from the very announcement of the Apple stores, and they're valid from their POV, but really, would you expect apple to give the machines to Compusa before their own stores?
I can't even imagine what the city will do when this project will be done ...
The 2nd Avenue Subway, of course.
You might want to point people at this thread for discussion on this very subject.
Garmin is set to come out with the Garmin RINO in June, which integrates FRS and GMRS radio with a GPS unit, which will give it up to a 5 mile range of communication.
Okay, I guess this makes me a bad nerd, but I have no clue what FRS or GMRS are. I'm cool on GPS though. Anybody care to explain? And in the future, can you please expand the acronyms in submitted stories, or at least link to explanations? As it is, I don't have the faintest idea why it's newsworthy for Garmin to combine GPS and FMRS or what that enables one to do.
Well that may be so, but if it's similar to their current protocol, I would think it makes more sense, from a capitalistic point of view, for them to use a FastTrack-like protocol than to rewrite their application to use Gnutella.
Also, as far as protocols go, I don't think you can get more "communist" than Gnutella. Also, I'm a fool for replying to a troll.
Will we be able to see how much money you guys collect from this? Will it be in your SEC filings as "Slashdot subscriptions"?
- AOL search for 'linens' - "recommended sites" then "sponsored sites" then "matching sites"
- MSN search for 'linens' - actually, this one has "featured sites", then "sponsored sites", then real links. The "featured sites" are numbered along with the search results, and are apparently hosted on MSN.
- Yahoo search for 'linens' - Category matches, then Sponsor Matches, then website matches.
- Lycos for 'linens' - Sponsored Matches, then "from the lycos network" listed as a result, then real results.
- AltaVista for 'linens' - "Products and services" (links to overture, definitely NOT clearly marked), then a "shortcut" to dealtime, also not clearly marked, then real results.
I don't see why people think this is so terrible. It's not like they're mixed in there with the rest, they're clearly marked (except for AltaVista, which also opened up 3 popups). If people aren't clever enough to see what theyre clicking on then they all deserve to get the bomb.I was denied unemployment benefits because I made too much money. I forget what the exact number is, but I believe if you gross over $600 per week, you are ineligible for unemployment in New York state. Before I was "laid off" by my previous employer, I was making $65,000 a year, and the DOL basically told me to go fuck myself. My application for unemployment benefits was rejected.
Let's see here. 52 weeks/year, $600/week comes to $31,200. If you gross more than that and are laid off, you don't get any help in NYS I guess. Gee, I'm glad I pay taxes for this. If I hadn't gotten another job relatively quickly (within 2 months) I would be living in a cardboard box right now. Which, if I had actually been making ~$31000/year, is about all I would be able to afford in queens anyway. Useless. And don't get me started on the incompetence of the people at the unemployment office.
Quit with the juvenile broken-record "3-button-mouse" bit already! Any of the following that are USB-compatible will work:
After hating college, and leaving it for my first job, which turned out to be a near-total disaster (see my journal for more info), in October 2001 I got a job which I love. I'm doing PHP, Apache, sysadmin, all kinds of fun (to me, anyway) stuff for a very small company. The starting salary was, well, crappy, but last week I got a raise. It's still not quite where I'd like to be in terms of salary, but I don't think there's anything that can equal the feeling of wanting to get up in the morning, take the bus to the train and walk the 5 blocks to the office. My girlfriend had been harping on me about the pay, but gave up because I really enjoy the job. My boss is the CEO, and is a very shrewd businessman and also a very good boss. When I took the job I told him I already had U2 tickets so I'd need a day off to stand in line to get the good seats (I was inside the heart at the 2nd MSG show for anybody who saw this past tour) and he was totally understanding. More recently, my girlfriend's mother was diagnosed with lung cancer and he let me take 3 days off so we could fly down to Florida to visit her and bring her back to NY.
On anything technical, I am basically in charge. Everything from moving our server from one datacenter to another, to fixing the exchange server, to figuring out why Oracle is crashing, to redesigning the website for fastest download speed, my word is law basically. Despite my somewhat young age he treats me like an equal and a friend -- when I mentioned that the Dreamcast was now selling for $50 and I'd like to get one, he gave me his, complete with game and the gun thing.
The company is financially sound, the management (basically my boss) is more than competent, the benefits are great, and the pay will increase over time. So yeah, I love my job.
If you look to your left, you'll see that there's also ask.slashdot.org, features.slashdot.org, books.slashdot.org, interviews.slashdot.org, etc.
The story was not written by Excite. This is not some devious "make google look bad plot." It's an AP article. Read it here if you prefer, or here. Do some basic research first next time, ok? Additionally, these "ridiculous Overture people" are a real boon to small businesses because they charge per-click rather than per-impression, so you only pay for actual results. CPM sucks, CPC is better. Commission (such as linkshare) is really the best way from a client point-of-view.
There are clocks you can buy that set their time via radio waves -- http://www.howstuffworks.com/question461.htm has some info. Maybe somebody makes a PCI card or other device that allows you to do this on a computer.
often passed down through the maternal half of your family for generations, that sits in a velvet-lined case and slowly tarnishes until Mom decides it's time to clean it again
Wow, that's not just my family? Actually, ours sat in said case until it broke, now it's in the basement. Perish the thought of eating with the stuff!
...stainless steel silverware ...
Unless it's made of silver, shouldn't that be called flatware?
Sorry for being anal, but "stainless steel silverware" sounds dumb.
You, and the people who've posted similar comments in this article, are missing a key difference between getting the source code -- or even a fully-implemented in-house instance -- of Sourceforge or Slashdot and using, as a free service, an instance that is hosted, maintained, and paid for by someone else.
The "You get what you pay for" remark was clearly not intended as a reflection upon the value of free/open software, but as a statement that if you are availing yourself of a service that costs you nothing and which costs the provider of the service huge sums of money (surely tens of thousands of dollars per month), you should really keep the bitching to a minimum. Since this is something CmdrTaco deals with daily (trolls etc), I'm sure he knows how it feels firsthand.
Now I'm not completely innocent in this regard -- I think the Slashdot crew could, in general, show some more journalistic integrity, and speeling/gramar mistakes really irks me -- but basically the answer to every complaint can be summarized with "if you don't like it, don't use it" when it comes to situations like Slashdot or Sourceforge.
Well, I haven't seen the other two, but I think in general, 2001 sucked in terms of movies.
LoTR was a decent movie, and this isn't meant as an attack on it in any way, but I think the fact that it got 13 nominations is more indicative of the general crappiness of the movies that came out in the past year than LoTR being super-spectacular-wonderful-hooray. As someone who hasn't read any of the books on which the film is based, I found the movie engaging yet boring. Like X-Men, it seems to be just laying the groundwork for the second installment. This will probably make for a good series, but I don't think it makes for a great standalone film.
A more interesting competition this year will be the Razzies, highlighting some of the worst drivel imaginable, and reinforcing my theory that 2001 was a terrible year for movies (Pearl Harbor, Freddy got Fingered, Glitter...).
I don't know who this Mallory guy is, but that line was spoken by Captain James T. Kirk.
I use MonMotha's IPTables script to build my firewall. You tell it which ports to leave open and it closes the rest. It also has stuff in there for rate limiting and stuff, I think. According to that page, the beta does port forwarding.
I realize that Slashdot loves to make stupid snide comments, but this is certainly not a "second rate search." Had CmdrTaco even bothered to do a single search he would have seen that the content is coming from subscription magazines and journals -- content that you can't get from Google because it's for-pay content. But far be it from Slashdot to do any sort of investigation.