Part of my job is monitoring various web sites. They aren't news related and the average traffic levels fell by around 60% - rising to 50% under average after a day or so. They're only just returning to normal.
Thought y'all might be interested (the sites are generally eCommerce sites in Europe)
They're usually pretty poor though (in the UK at least). Mine is a 4 port, 10Mbit, half-duplex hub (not switching). Definalely worth the $50 or so for a seperate switch...
cos the openBSD box is NAT and those servers need to accept incoming connections and I havent had time to sort out a way of having that work yet (especially with two machines needing to take them on the same port - so simple tunnel isnt enough)
My ADSL connection comes in via an Alcatel router with four Ethernet ports on the inside. Problem is, its basically a 10Mbit half-duplex hub. So, the first thing it does is go to a 100Mbit switch, that then goes in two directions - one cable to an OpenBSD NAT router to the private network for all the internal things (fileserver, multimedia box, etc). A few other cables go to outside facing servers (web, FTP, etc).
isnt the fluid essentially just a vehicle for the energy? as it takes energy to make the copy, (given off as a byproduct - even if just as heat from friction against the air...) then it cant go on forever without a solid supply of fluid/energy
Now, if they could copy the fluid manufacturing machine....
To respond to this, and the story itself - I think the best way forward is to spend some time developing a single 'product'. This should contain a full set of functionality and features in a generic and customisable manner, so...
a) you get good code- one main codebase and some patches/extensions for each client means improvements apply globally
b) development time is drastically speeded for most clients as almost everything will have already been done (and, in the bosses terms, more money in less time with less effort).
All it takes is a bit more up front planning and you'll be sorted.
I agree with most of your points - but the fixed IP thing is more common than it seems (in the UK at least) - my ADSL comes with 5 static IPs (ethernet router not USB), and its well nice:)
ok I know this is kinda continuing an offtopic thread here...
but does everyone just click on links blindly? Dunnoy why but I _always_ check what it says in the status bar first; thats saved me many a fright in the past:)
Nevertheless its going to be hard explaining to my boss that the company that 'owns' the database we just migrated to has gone bust...
(he wont get the community support thing that will keep Postgres going, or that Great Bridge didnt follow the Company forms, brings out product, sells product business model...)
I should point out my previous post is not to combat serious pirates - just to allow the artists to mark their work with their name and copyright and to provide a [easy] mechanism to publish it.
There's no need for this - most image formats allow you to put non-image data in them too - which would allow you to put copyright/author information in them.
Perhaps we should encourage greater use of this - rather than just moaning from both sides of the fence.
(how about the search engines extracting this data and displaying it in the search results...should keep everyone happy:)
damn forgot about macros. i'm thinking back to the 8086 days and my simple interpretation of the world. darn.
i wish there was a 'dont post when drunk' thing on slashdot.
Re:Not this stupid 'programming is art' BS again!
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I think some of the 'pointless' programs kinda fall down the gap in the middle of this argument. They have a purpose - but thats not the point of writing them (make up a need that doesnt require satisfying and write a program to satisfy it, could do it. As could the BBS demo - remember them? - written partly to publicise the BBS but mostly to write cool stuff that looks nifty and is optimised to hell)
Cor this brings me back. A starfield and cool scrolly [multiple] sinus wave text written in Turbo Pascal and some inline assembler back when I was like 15 or summat. took it from 20fps to >200fps with all the playing and optimising I did with it......those were the days
XP does one thing that I haven't seen Linux [distros that I have tried] do well: it integrates all the feature very well and provides an easy interface to it all. That is just as big a feature as any of the others.
This is true. I guess my main argument is their 'innovation' - in that they don't so much innovate as plaster pretty interfaces all over everything (not necessarily a bad thing mind).
After trying WINE, I'm not too sure it is ready for people to start advocating it as a current viable alternative to windows.
I totally agree. My point was just that Linux has had the ability to run programs written for multiple OSes for ages.
Clever people don't try to waste their time needless... (e.g. yearn to install software when an installation is not needed.)
Again, agreed. However, I think its unfair to say "integrating burning software into the OS is good because otherwise people wouldnt know how" - when people get their CD burner, they put the driver CD in, it autoplays and says things like 'install easy CD creator' - should be obvious enough...
lets do a little (UNIX|Linux)/WinXP comparison here...
10) Remote assistance lets support people connect to people's
machines and fix problems over the internet.
Remote X windows, ssh, Linux has had this for years...
9) Locking toolbars: No more accidently fucking up your IE toolbars
or your taskbar. They stay where you want them.
Ah now that I like the sound of...
8) Cookie management in the new IE. You can block and accept cookies
to your liking based on hostnames. So.. you can let hotmail write
cookies, but choose to block some random ad site from doing it.
Konqueror anyone? It's had that for a while now...
7) New visual themes in explorer. New "skins" that let windows different.. finally.
KDE has had this for ages... (GNOME as well probably)
6) "My Computer" can be on the start bar now (the new default) so you
no longer have to minimize everything and search for that stupid icon
on your desktop. It kicks ass once you get used to it.
Just not relevant; not only are the totally customisable toolbars and desktop menus great for that, the need just isnt there...
5) Compatibility modes let your programs run thinking they're in
win9x, win95, windows2000, etc so that things that wouldn't normally
work, will.
Linux + WINE = lots of OS choice for your apps. And in UNIXland programs are built to be cross-platform anyway so its not a problem...
4) The new task oriented shell. It is nice once you get used to it. If you open a
directory of pictures it will let you view a slideshow of them, print
them, etc. If you open a folder of mp3s it has tasks on the left
that will let you burn them to audio cd, play them, etc.
I'm dubious of the merits of this. I feel better filetype/MIMEtype/associations/etc do the job just fine (ok I'm stretching this one...)
3)No reboots required to install or detect hardware (most of the
time)I've been spoiled by this one. In fact the number of reboots has been cut down to ~10% of what they used to be. I think win2k sucks now;)
About time... Linux has been 'one reboot at the end of the install process and thats it' for ever
2) Built in cd burning. Burn data cds in the shell or audio cds in media player. Very convenient especially for users that would normally not be able to figure out how to burn a cd.
For people who are too dumb to click 'Install' on the software that comes with their burner I guess that might be useful.
1.5) Remote desktop. Uses terminal services ala win2k server, except you can take over the desktop on the remote machine. It supports more colors than the win2k version,and even does sound. It is like vnc only it is actually fast and redraws the screen properly.
See my response to #10. And if you have to administer Windows remotely try Remote Administrator. Its not free but its shedloads faster than VNC.
It may be true that they do innovate a lot - but who else has been through the supposed 'Technical Overview' of WinXP and seen that well over 50% of it has been a part of UNIXland for years....
Why isn't this made more prominent? They're shouting from the rooftops about all the 'cool' things they can do and we've had them all for years...
What I'd like to see is some sort of protocol for communication between applications and the NAT device - whereby the app could dynamically request inbound tunnels on certain ports.
I realise this wouldn't always help (contention betw. multiple instances of the same app on different boxes within the LAN) - but it would certainly help - particularly with messaging apps, or indeed anything where there is a prior outbound connection to either the remote host concerned or some central server.
By way of example... app says to NAT 'please assign me an external port and forward all connections on it to me at port x' - that should work fine for things like IRC (DCC), ICQ, NetMeeting (yuk) and things like that...
For the security conscious, this could be filtered by internal IP address, external port ranges, external hosts ('I'm expecting a connection from x.x.x.x within y seconds'), or by app (perhaps some manual insertion of a key from the NAT into the app on installation).
Maybe I've missed something but this sounds to me like a useful kind of protocol
forgive my ignorance, buy how can it trash the partition running in read-only mode? surely that means it doesn't write and therefore doesn't change anything......
I dont even know if this can be done, but when the 'Store Settings' option is checked to remember the window size and position, it would be _really_ useful to have it NOT store the settings when the size/position is set by Javascript in the page
(damn popups keep giving me tiny windows the next time I use them...)
Re:Site-specific popup policy
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yeah, I'd kill for that functionality too!
I'm thinking this could be scaled up to a per-site profiling system where the useragent, javascript and other options are all defined for each site.
That way it could be more easily extended to handle other often abused features that are so handy to turn off (javascript alert() calls, Flash, etc)
Although I have to say its a big incentive not to waste my day game playing because of the 15 minute time-wasting reboot to Windoze and back every time...
Slashdot Mirror
Part of my job is monitoring various web sites. They aren't news related and the average traffic levels fell by around 60% - rising to 50% under average after a day or so. They're only just returning to normal.
Thought y'all might be interested (the sites are generally eCommerce sites in Europe)
They're usually pretty poor though (in the UK at least). Mine is a 4 port, 10Mbit, half-duplex hub (not switching). Definalely worth the $50 or so for a seperate switch...
cos the openBSD box is NAT and those servers need to accept incoming connections and I havent had time to sort out a way of having that work yet (especially with two machines needing to take them on the same port - so simple tunnel isnt enough)
My ADSL connection comes in via an Alcatel router with four Ethernet ports on the inside. Problem is, its basically a 10Mbit half-duplex hub. So, the first thing it does is go to a 100Mbit switch, that then goes in two directions - one cable to an OpenBSD NAT router to the private network for all the internal things (fileserver, multimedia box, etc). A few other cables go to outside facing servers (web, FTP, etc).
isnt the fluid essentially just a vehicle for the energy? as it takes energy to make the copy, (given off as a byproduct - even if just as heat from friction against the air...) then it cant go on forever without a solid supply of fluid/energy
Now, if they could copy the fluid manufacturing machine....
To respond to this, and the story itself - I think the best way forward is to spend some time developing a single 'product'. This should contain a full set of functionality and features in a generic and customisable manner, so...
a) you get good code- one main codebase and some patches/extensions for each client means improvements apply globally
b) development time is drastically speeded for most clients as almost everything will have already been done (and, in the bosses terms, more money in less time with less effort).
All it takes is a bit more up front planning and you'll be sorted.
I agree with most of your points - but the fixed IP thing is more common than it seems (in the UK at least) - my ADSL comes with 5 static IPs (ethernet router not USB), and its well nice :)
ok I know this is kinda continuing an offtopic thread here...
:)
but does everyone just click on links blindly? Dunnoy why but I _always_ check what it says in the status bar first; thats saved me many a fright in the past
Nevertheless its going to be hard explaining to my boss that the company that 'owns' the database we just migrated to has gone bust...
(he wont get the community support thing that will keep Postgres going, or that Great Bridge didnt follow the Company forms, brings out product, sells product business model...)
I should point out my previous post is not to combat serious pirates - just to allow the artists to mark their work with their name and copyright and to provide a [easy] mechanism to publish it.
There's no need for this - most image formats allow you to put non-image data in them too - which would allow you to put copyright/author information in them.
:)
Perhaps we should encourage greater use of this - rather than just moaning from both sides of the fence.
(how about the search engines extracting this data and displaying it in the search results...should keep everyone happy
damn forgot about macros. i'm thinking back to the 8086 days and my simple interpretation of the world. darn.
i wish there was a 'dont post when drunk' thing on slashdot.
I think some of the 'pointless' programs kinda fall down the gap in the middle of this argument. They have a purpose - but thats not the point of writing them (make up a need that doesnt require satisfying and write a program to satisfy it, could do it. As could the BBS demo - remember them? - written partly to publicise the BBS but mostly to write cool stuff that looks nifty and is optimised to hell)
...those were the days
Cor this brings me back. A starfield and cool scrolly [multiple] sinus wave text written in Turbo Pascal and some inline assembler back when I was like 15 or summat. took it from 20fps to >200fps with all the playing and optimising I did with it...
hate to be picky, but machine code == assembly language (in the PHP sense of the == operator anyway).
They have a 1:1 match in instructions and its pretty trivial to convert one to the other - none of this complicated compiling stuff...
(admittedly assembler tends to have labels and comments and stuff, but the disassembler can generate labels, and comments are for woossies, ahem)
XP does one thing that I haven't seen Linux [distros that I have tried] do well: it integrates all the feature very well and provides an easy interface to it all. That is just as big a feature as any of the others.
This is true. I guess my main argument is their 'innovation' - in that they don't so much innovate as plaster pretty interfaces all over everything (not necessarily a bad thing mind).
After trying WINE, I'm not too sure it is ready for people to start advocating it as a current viable alternative to windows.
I totally agree. My point was just that Linux has had the ability to run programs written for multiple OSes for ages.
Clever people don't try to waste their time needless... (e.g. yearn to install software when an installation is not needed.)
Again, agreed. However, I think its unfair to say "integrating burning software into the OS is good because otherwise people wouldnt know how" - when people get their CD burner, they put the driver CD in, it autoplays and says things like 'install easy CD creator' - should be obvious enough...
lets do a little (UNIX|Linux)/WinXP comparison here...
10) Remote assistance lets support people connect to people's machines and fix problems over the internet.
Remote X windows, ssh, Linux has had this for years...
9) Locking toolbars: No more accidently fucking up your IE toolbars or your taskbar. They stay where you want them.
Ah now that I like the sound of...
8) Cookie management in the new IE. You can block and accept cookies to your liking based on hostnames. So.. you can let hotmail write cookies, but choose to block some random ad site from doing it.
Konqueror anyone? It's had that for a while now...
7) New visual themes in explorer. New "skins" that let windows different.. finally.
KDE has had this for ages... (GNOME as well probably)
6) "My Computer" can be on the start bar now (the new default) so you no longer have to minimize everything and search for that stupid icon on your desktop. It kicks ass once you get used to it.
Just not relevant; not only are the totally customisable toolbars and desktop menus great for that, the need just isnt there...
5) Compatibility modes let your programs run thinking they're in win9x, win95, windows2000, etc so that things that wouldn't normally work, will.
Linux + WINE = lots of OS choice for your apps. And in UNIXland programs are built to be cross-platform anyway so its not a problem...
4) The new task oriented shell. It is nice once you get used to it. If you open a directory of pictures it will let you view a slideshow of them, print them, etc. If you open a folder of mp3s it has tasks on the left that will let you burn them to audio cd, play them, etc.
I'm dubious of the merits of this. I feel better filetype/MIMEtype/associations/etc do the job just fine (ok I'm stretching this one...)
3)No reboots required to install or detect hardware (most of the time)I've been spoiled by this one. In fact the number of reboots has been cut down to ~10% of what they used to be. I think win2k sucks now ;)
About time... Linux has been 'one reboot at the end of the install process and thats it' for ever
2) Built in cd burning. Burn data cds in the shell or audio cds in media player. Very convenient especially for users that would normally not be able to figure out how to burn a cd.
For people who are too dumb to click 'Install' on the software that comes with their burner I guess that might be useful.
1.5) Remote desktop. Uses terminal services ala win2k server, except you can take over the desktop on the remote machine. It supports more colors than the win2k version,and even does sound. It is like vnc only it is actually fast and redraws the screen properly.
See my response to #10. And if you have to administer Windows remotely try Remote Administrator. Its not free but its shedloads faster than VNC.
1) It is replacing that hunk of shit Win9x/me
About time....
It may be true that they do innovate a lot - but who else has been through the supposed 'Technical Overview' of WinXP and seen that well over 50% of it has been a part of UNIXland for years....
Why isn't this made more prominent? They're shouting from the rooftops about all the 'cool' things they can do and we've had them all for years...
ok this is true. Somehow the word SOCKS kinda echoed in my head but not enough twigged for me to realise it was pretty much the same thing.
;)
Good job I didnt try and patent it eh
Nevertheless though, it is the kind of thing that more widespread support for would help alleviate the IP address space shortage.
What I'd like to see is some sort of protocol for communication between applications and the NAT device - whereby the app could dynamically request inbound tunnels on certain ports.
I realise this wouldn't always help (contention betw. multiple instances of the same app on different boxes within the LAN) - but it would certainly help - particularly with messaging apps, or indeed anything where there is a prior outbound connection to either the remote host concerned or some central server.
By way of example... app says to NAT 'please assign me an external port and forward all connections on it to me at port x' - that should work fine for things like IRC (DCC), ICQ, NetMeeting (yuk) and things like that...
For the security conscious, this could be filtered by internal IP address, external port ranges, external hosts ('I'm expecting a connection from x.x.x.x within y seconds'), or by app (perhaps some manual insertion of a key from the NAT into the app on installation).
Maybe I've missed something but this sounds to me like a useful kind of protocol
both of which probably arent worth wasting your reading time on but anyway...
:) Perfectly timed with my first opportunity to meta-moderate as well, perfect!
interesting article - but it gets me intrigued and there's no content on the site it links to (survey's offline for processing or summat...)
Glad to see the new Slashdot up and running
forgive my ignorance, buy how can it trash the partition running in read-only mode? surely that means it doesn't write and therefore doesn't change anything......
I dont even know if this can be done, but when the 'Store Settings' option is checked to remember the window size and position, it would be _really_ useful to have it NOT store the settings when the size/position is set by Javascript in the page
(damn popups keep giving me tiny windows the next time I use them...)
yeah, I'd kill for that functionality too! I'm thinking this could be scaled up to a per-site profiling system where the useragent, javascript and other options are all defined for each site. That way it could be more easily extended to handle other often abused features that are so handy to turn off (javascript alert() calls, Flash, etc)
half life under wine?
How about counterstrike under wine? that would be soooooooooooo sweet!!!!
Right, I'm off to try that now!
me as well!
Although I have to say its a big incentive not to waste my day game playing because of the 15 minute time-wasting reboot to Windoze and back every time...