According to #gentoo-nt on irc.freenode.net, it's for real.
15:20 <ntro> so, i'm sure you guys have answered this question hundreds of times today, but i've got to know 15:20 <ntro> is it a joke? 15:20 <kbrooks> no 15:20 <nick125> ntro: nope 15:21 <nick125> bonsaikitten: add something to the topic "No, this is not a joke.":)
There seems to be quite a bit of traffic in there now, mostly slashdotters asking whether or not it was real. It looks like they're getting tired of answering the question.
This is precisely what I've been saying ever since this whole fascination with "on demand broadband" started. I watch a lot of downloaded movies, yet I do not have a MythTV box or any sort of Linux media server (aside from the TiVo) attached to my TV. Instead, I bought a DVP-642 DVD player for $70 that plays pretty much any file format that will fit on a DVD or CD. Now my only investment into "storage solutions" is a bunch of DVD-Rs and a DVD recorder.
C'mon, slashdotters, think about it. You're always touting "distributed" this and denigrating "centralized" that, and this is the perfect example. DVDs provide distributed storage, without a central point of failure, and the cost per gigabyte of storage capacity is consistent (and dropping). Can that be said for a central "media server"? And, like the parent pointed out, the average consumer barely knows what the word "backup" means.
So, my advice to you, my movie pirate ^W^W media consumer friend, is to buy a DVP-642, a DVD burner, and a Usenet account, and don't worry about storage again until we have it ultimately "figured out."
I can't help but be reminded of this gem on bash.org:
serluny: how long did it took u to learn c? ReDPriest:4.5 minutes serluny:how did u do that? ReDPriest:i downloaded it into my brain..i got a program to do that serluny:what program ReDPriest:download shit into your brain v3.1 serluny:how do i download it? ReDPriest: go to www.downloadable-shit-for-your-brain.com serluny: i cant download it something is wrong
Finally, keep in mind that Oracle does not have the notion of "databases"
It has the notion of "schemas," (aka users) which are analogous to "databases" in mysql and postgres. In fact, from a user's perspective, they're almost identical. There's no need to put a three-letter prefix on your table names- you can just do schemaname.object, just like in other DBs.
Furthermore, you can create synonyms to tables in other schemas, or even PUBLIC synonyms that allow you to access a table from any schema without specifying the owner's schema ("object" vs. "schema.object").
If it actually is a legitimate use of sending many emails at a time, the user had to have gone through some "subscription" process. Maybe part of that process should involve giving the sender some sort of "key" that could be revoked. On a related note, you could give "keys" to your friends so they wouldn't have to solve the puzzle every time.
The great thing about this is that it only requires MUAs to change, not protocols.
... about an "email tax", consider this: Microsoft's Penny Black Project aims to do the same thing, but implementation only requires some sort of cost, not necessarily monetary.
One method is especially interesting, the CPU-based scheme in which "the sender must solve a recipient-defined puzzle in which computation of the solution is moderately and provably hard." If that were the case you wouldn't even notice if you're sending one email, but a spammer certainly would if he tries to send out 1,000,000 at a time.
They could easily implement some kind of opt-in thing where you put a META tag in your web page telling Slashdot that you grant them explicit permission to mirror the site for (say) a week after mentioning it - so Slashdot would have no legal/copyright come-backs.
That shouldn't even be necessary. Google doesn't require explicit permission to cache a page, and I'm sure anyone being slashdotted would appreciate/. mirroring the page. If they don't, they can contact slashdot and some admin can uncheck "[x] cache site" on the edit story button- simple as that.
Why this hasn't been implemented is beyond me, and the/. folks should be ashamed, not proud, each time they singlehandedly bring down some poor guy's server. It's likely a cable or DSL connection, but we can't expect them to even verify that.
Slashdot Mirror
. . . they did this 65 years ago.
WTG posting this on 2005-04-01, CmdrTaco.
This is precisely what I've been saying ever since this whole fascination with "on demand broadband" started. I watch a lot of downloaded movies, yet I do not have a MythTV box or any sort of Linux media server (aside from the TiVo) attached to my TV. Instead, I bought a DVP-642 DVD player for $70 that plays pretty much any file format that will fit on a DVD or CD. Now my only investment into "storage solutions" is a bunch of DVD-Rs and a DVD recorder.
C'mon, slashdotters, think about it. You're always touting "distributed" this and denigrating "centralized" that, and this is the perfect example. DVDs provide distributed storage, without a central point of failure, and the cost per gigabyte of storage capacity is consistent (and dropping). Can that be said for a central "media server"? And, like the parent pointed out, the average consumer barely knows what the word "backup" means.
So, my advice to you, my movie pirate ^W^W media consumer friend, is to buy a DVP-642, a DVD burner, and a Usenet account, and don't worry about storage again until we have it ultimately "figured out."
Off-topic, but. . .
This post written under Gentoo-linux with an SCO IP license.
Are you serious?
That sounds to be like a really inefficient form of greylisting.
By the way, I started greylisting on my mail server a couple of days ago, and my spam has gone down to virtually zero.
And three rights make a left...
Why would they need a "web-services" interface?
It's *email*. IMAP or POP3 would work just fine.
Not to go on a rant here, but you people need to stop thinking of the [Ii]nternet as solely consisting of the Web.
The only reason I clicked through to the comments is because I thought the headline said, "Artificial Pron Created"
I can't help but be reminded of this gem on bash.org:
: i cant download it something is wrong
serluny: how long did it took u to learn c?
ReDPriest:4.5 minutes
serluny:how did u do that?
ReDPriest:i downloaded it into my brain..i got a program to do that
serluny:what program
ReDPriest:download shit into your brain v3.1
serluny:how do i download it?
ReDPriest: go to www.downloadable-shit-for-your-brain.com
serluny
If this article is right, it'll have to, otherwise multiplayer gaming is left to the console crowd, and we all know they can't do it right ;)
I'm surprised no one has mentioned GNU Radio or the open spectrum concept in general.
There's no reason for the FCC to continue to exist, but this guy's idea of the alternative is just a little off.
It has the notion of "schemas," (aka users) which are analogous to "databases" in mysql and postgres. In fact, from a user's perspective, they're almost identical. There's no need to put a three-letter prefix on your table names- you can just do schemaname.object, just like in other DBs.
Furthermore, you can create synonyms to tables in other schemas, or even PUBLIC synonyms that allow you to access a table from any schema without specifying the owner's schema ("object" vs. "schema.object").
I'm pretty sure there are laws against "Racial cleansing."
We don't need more government intervention just because we have new technology.
... that "Winsecurity" is so far removed from actual "security" that it deserves its own word.
Jebus, what color is the sky in this guy's world?
Likely a slight tint of green.
In Mozilla? Now that would be news.
Too bad they're just animated GIFs, though.
If it actually is a legitimate use of sending many emails at a time, the user had to have gone through some "subscription" process. Maybe part of that process should involve giving the sender some sort of "key" that could be revoked. On a related note, you could give "keys" to your friends so they wouldn't have to solve the puzzle every time.
The great thing about this is that it only requires MUAs to change, not protocols.
Just a thought.
... about an "email tax", consider this: Microsoft's Penny Black Project aims to do the same thing, but implementation only requires some sort of cost, not necessarily monetary.
One method is especially interesting, the CPU-based scheme in which "the sender must solve a recipient-defined puzzle in which computation of the solution is moderately and provably hard." If that were the case you wouldn't even notice if you're sending one email, but a spammer certainly would if he tries to send out 1,000,000 at a time.
What about Tcl?
On my Debian box, in Vim, they're assigned to, "Switch the case the next 6 or 7 characters and beep a lot".
Is it just me, or is that one of the most unintelligible posts in a while?
That's bad even for Slashdot.
NASA is the home of the eleet and the best of the best, failure or mistakes are not taken lightly.
I think that's the first time I've seen elite spelled with Es in place of the 3s.
You sir, are a true hacker.
That shouldn't even be necessary. Google doesn't require explicit permission to cache a page, and I'm sure anyone being slashdotted would appreciate
Why this hasn't been implemented is beyond me, and the
Right- like this one.
Am I the only one thinking, "So what, 440 lines of PHP"?
Big deal.