From the slashdot FAQ: Slashdot should cache pages to prevent the Slashdot Effect!
Sure, it's a great idea, but it has a lot of implications. For example, commercial sites rely on their banner ads to generate revenue. If I cache one of their pages, this will mess with their statistics, and mess with their banner ads. In other words, this will piss them off.
Of course, most of the time, the commercial sites that actually have income from banner ads easily withstand the Slashdot Effect. So perhaps we could draw the line at sites that don't have ads. They are, after all, much more likely to buckle under the pressure of all those unexpected hits. But what happens if I cache the site, and they update themselves? Once again, I'm transmitting data that I shouldn't be, only this time my cache is out of date!
I could try asking permission, but do you want to wait 6 hours for a cool breaking story while we wait for permission to link someone?
So the quick answer is: "Sure, caching would be neat." It would make things a lot easier when servers go down, but it's a complicated issue that would need to be thought through in great detail before being implemented.
Primus does a similar thing. Basically they find bootlegs of their concert, buy a copy, and then put the mp3's on their site. They haven't updated in quite a while though. http://www.primussucks.com/frames/fboot.h tml
I'd mod you up if I had moderation privliges right now. But your exactly right. Chris probably had talked to Leonard. David is probably a nice guy but no body here probably knows him.
If your looking for a stripped down browser based on gecko for windows I suggest you try K-Meleon. Its been a while since I've actually tried it, but the last build I used worked quite well and was very snappy.
I think what he is trying to say is that a rogue gnutella client could server up a file of the correct size as the "real" file, and report that is has the same hash as the "real" file.
While reading the article, I came across this paragraph.
If the speed of light was close to infinity, immediately after the Big Bang, as Davies believes it may have been, our theories about the way energy cooled to form matter, giving rise to stars, planets and people, could be completely wrong.
Excuse me, but how exactly can something be close to infinity?
I tend to agree with you, however if you are dealing with a portable music player with limited memory (i.e. a PDA) it is nice to know which formats perform the best at low bitrates. It sure is nice to squeeze as many songs in there as possible. I believe that the Sharp Zaurus already has software that will play ogg files. -entropy
Ah, but we could do something about it if we find out well enough ahead of time. i.e. if we found an asteroid that will hit the earth in 10 years, all we need to do is send up an ICBM and give it a little nuge and it will be far enough off its course to avoid hitting the earth.
I dont see any reason to be so sneaky about the hard disk failure. Why just not tell every body that their hard-drives will be re-imaged every so often (or even at random for that matter).
I'm getting kind of tired of people talking about slashdot being hypocritical on certain issues. Remember, there is no "slashdot", there are only a bunch of different people expressing their ideas. And it is NOT necessairly the same people making the comments.
there is nothing in Napster's technology that couldn't be replicated in a matter of weeks by a competent programmer
My guess is that it is not the technology that they are after, but rather the name recognition that comes along with Napster. I bet that they dont even use any of the orgional napster code.
actually there are a number of GeForce cards with tv cards in them. I'm currently using an Asus V7100 Deluxe Combo, which is a GeForce 2 MX. Check out the RivaTV project for more info on linux support for theses cards. The Beta versions of RivaTv have worked great for me.
wow, they give sourceforge accounts to anyone aparently.:) perhaps you could advance this to some sort of network compression technique. Like the sender removes the nose fromt the text, and then the client re-adds the nose.
funny thing one of my engineering professors told me my first year of college. scrubbers require electricity to operate. and i dont believe they are requried any more because it turns out that the ammount of polution produced to make the electricity to run the scrubbers is greater than the amount of polution they prevent.
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oh, come on. you can still dual boot it with gentoo PPC. html
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/gentoo-ppc-install
Nanoelectrons with friggin' lasers on their heads!!
From the slashdot FAQ:
Slashdot should cache pages to prevent the Slashdot Effect!
Sure, it's a great idea, but it has a lot of implications. For example, commercial sites rely on their banner ads to generate revenue. If I cache one of their pages, this will mess with their statistics, and mess with their banner ads. In other words, this will piss them off.
Of course, most of the time, the commercial sites that actually have income from banner ads easily withstand the Slashdot Effect. So perhaps we could draw the line at sites that don't have ads. They are, after all, much more likely to buckle under the pressure of all those unexpected hits. But what happens if I cache the site, and they update themselves? Once again, I'm transmitting data that I shouldn't be, only this time my cache is out of date!
I could try asking permission, but do you want to wait 6 hours for a cool breaking story while we wait for permission to link someone?
So the quick answer is: "Sure, caching would be neat." It would make things a lot easier when servers go down, but it's a complicated issue that would need to be thought through in great detail before being implemented.
Answered by: CmdrTaco
Last Modified: 6/14/00
http://slashdot.org/faq/suggestions.shtml#su900
Primus does a similar thing. Basically they find bootlegs of their concert, buy a copy, and then put the mp3's on their site. They haven't updated in quite a while though.h tml
http://www.primussucks.com/frames/fboot.
I'd mod you up if I had moderation privliges right now. But your exactly right. Chris probably had talked to Leonard. David is probably a nice guy but no body here probably knows him.
If your looking for a stripped down browser based on gecko for windows I suggest you try K-Meleon. Its been a while since I've actually tried it, but the last build I used worked quite well and was very snappy.
This is a myth. The X-Box is the only modern console (X-Box, PS2, Gamecube) that looses money on every unit sold.
I think what he is trying to say is that a rogue gnutella client could server up a file of the correct size as the "real" file, and report that is has the same hash as the "real" file.
While reading the article, I came across this paragraph.
If the speed of light was close to infinity, immediately after the Big Bang, as Davies believes it may have been, our theories about the way energy cooled to form matter, giving rise to stars, planets and people, could be completely wrong.
Excuse me, but how exactly can something be close to infinity?
heh, i find it ammusing that you consider cany bars and junk food two different catagories.
I tend to agree with you, however if you are dealing with a portable music player with limited memory (i.e. a PDA) it is nice to know which formats perform the best at low bitrates. It sure is nice to squeeze as many songs in there as possible. I believe that the Sharp Zaurus already has software that will play ogg files.
-entropy
On the subject of time measurements, here is a link to avocacy of the 28 hour day. I for one am all for it!
Ah, but we could do something about it if we find out well enough ahead of time. i.e. if we found an asteroid that will hit the earth in 10 years, all we need to do is send up an ICBM and give it a little nuge and it will be far enough off its course to avoid hitting the earth.
I dont see any reason to be so sneaky about the hard disk failure. Why just not tell every body that their hard-drives will be re-imaged every so often (or even at random for that matter).
I'm getting kind of tired of people talking about slashdot being hypocritical on certain issues. Remember, there is no "slashdot", there are only a bunch of different people expressing their ideas. And it is NOT necessairly the same people making the comments.
Congratulations, you just described Brook's Law!
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And to maxamize the irony, here is a link to buy the book at Amazon.com.
My guess is that it is not the technology that they are after, but rather the name recognition that comes along with Napster. I bet that they dont even use any of the orgional napster code.
Yes, unfortunately most seem to have a quarter.
As a student currenty in his third year of college, I have one suggestion....
MONEY!!!!
actually there are a number of GeForce cards with tv cards in them. I'm currently using an Asus V7100 Deluxe Combo, which is a GeForce 2 MX. Check out the RivaTV project for more info on linux support for theses cards. The Beta versions of RivaTv have worked great for me.
wow, they give sourceforge accounts to anyone aparently. :)
perhaps you could advance this to some sort of network compression technique. Like the sender removes the nose fromt the text, and then the client re-adds the nose.
almost correct, but as everybody knows, in the future we will all be wearing silver jump-suits :^)
funny thing one of my engineering professors told me my first year of college. scrubbers require electricity to operate. and i dont believe they are requried any more because it turns out that the ammount of polution produced to make the electricity to run the scrubbers is greater than the amount of polution they prevent.