$100? Ooh, it's gone up, it was only something like $20 the last time I looked.
Regardless, I don't see why you would have a problem with DreamHost paying me as thanks for referring a customer to them, unless you're just a jealous, mean-spirited jerk.
We use DreamHost for our web and email hosting. They're cheap, the plans offer lots of space, functionality, and bandwidth, and we haven't had any problems with email or web downtime in the three years we've been with them.
Oh, give me a break. I'm talking about the web (i.e., websites over HTTP), not the Internet as a whole.
And don't tell me about how much bloggers are contributing. It's a rare blog that has something on it that actually deserves to be called "content", and doesn't run ads to pay for the cost (if only in time) of producing it.
Because advertising pays for a huge amount of the content you consume. And not just the free stuff, either.
Most TV is supported by advertising. Most commercial websites (and many non-commercial ones) are as well.
If people start using TiVos and ad-blockers, the return on investment from advertising will go down, and a lot of content providers will have to resort to even more intrusive ads in order to remain afloat. Either that, or simply charge more for their content.
I'm happy being able to access the majority of Internet content for free. But, if need be, I could afford to pay for what I read. What about people who can't?
Most free content on the web is supported by advertising. The advertiser pays the website publisher to display ads on their site, in the hope that they will catch someone's eye. If enough people run ad-blocking software, this will no longer be a viable business model, and most free content on the web will need to find another method of funding.
It's the same issue with TV commercials and TiVo.
You can whine all you want about how evil and annoying the companies are, and say "So what if they're not making any money? Greedy bastards, it serves them right!". But keep in mind, they can always take their toys and go home, and where will that leave you?
Personally, I don't mind putting up with ads. I tune the majority out mentally, and I even occasionally click on an interesting one.
Speaking from a design perspective, it's pretty much a decision between "moves" and "doesn't move". The speed at which it has to move (for these probes, anyway) isn't that much of an issue: the issue is the need to include the wheels, mechanisms for turning, mechanisms for obstacle avoidance, and other things that any movement ability would require.
All of these come with an increased possibility of failure, but more importantly increased weight.
The tradeoff here is using the weight saved by making the probe immobile to carry more scientific equipment.
Ordinary Ferraris have somewhere around 400 hp, coming from a V8 or V12 engine. They don't make V16's, they're too heavy. Even the Enzo only has a 600-something hp V12.
You can get 400 hp from a turbocharged Toyota or Honda easily. Hell, people have gotten 1000 hp from them.
Granted, the engines don't last very long, and the cars handle like crap, but in the a straight line they're much faster than a Ferrari, and all for only ten or twenty thousand dollars.
The one year package turned out to be 60 days pay (required by the federal WARN law), then one month's pay for every year I'd put in.... with a 10 month maximum. I had 21 years, so I got ten months pay plus the sixty days... I consider that a ten month package
I'm not disputing that you were treated badly, but why do you call 12 months of pay a ten-month severance package? If all you got was the legally-required two months of pay, would you say you got no severance?
The government's mandate of two months pay doesn't make it any easier for the company to give it to you.
Hell, if the government required five years of severance pay, would you still say you got nothing if the company gave you nothing beyond the legal minimum?
Yes, but the fact that Microsoft is talking about letting the user specify how often indexing occurs makes it sound like they're not indexing on the fly, as content is created / changed on the filesystem, but rather on a fixed schedule.
Major updates cited include the ability to pick and choose which files to index, and how often
Interesting...Apple's implementation is integrated into the filesystem layer, so it indexes everything as it is written to disk (or at least, very soon after, once I/O load has gone down).
This doesn't seem to generate much of a performance hit, so I wonder why Microsoft is going for a different approach? Apple's seems to make more sense.
Bullshit. You don't know what the hell you're talking about.
No car in production today has drive by wire steering. Mercedes has drive by wire brakes, but even those have a mechanical backup in case something goes wrong.
And no auto manufacturer in their right mind would design a car to operate using a client/server architecture. What would be the point? You could sit in your car and control a Volvo on the other side of the parking lot?
I think you're just throwing out buzzwords and hoping for a mod up.
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$100? Ooh, it's gone up, it was only something like $20 the last time I looked.
Regardless, I don't see why you would have a problem with DreamHost paying me as thanks for referring a customer to them, unless you're just a jealous, mean-spirited jerk.
We use DreamHost for our web and email hosting. They're cheap, the plans offer lots of space, functionality, and bandwidth, and we haven't had any problems with email or web downtime in the three years we've been with them.
Yes, but excessive damage to the tiles greatly increases the time and/or money required to prepare the shuttle for another launch.
I'm rooting for OS X, personally.
It's funny, because I absolutely hated Mac OS = 9.
Seconded. You get much better sound quality for the money with headphones than you do with normal speakers, too.
I bet Apple will snap this up, at least as an option on some of their models. Hell, it already looks like Apple designed it, the style is the same.
Hopefully it will be wireless.
Personally, I'd want one of these just for the cool factor. And the opportunity to finally try Dvorak.
Oh, give me a break. I'm talking about the web (i.e., websites over HTTP), not the Internet as a whole.
And don't tell me about how much bloggers are contributing. It's a rare blog that has something on it that actually deserves to be called "content", and doesn't run ads to pay for the cost (if only in time) of producing it.
Because advertising pays for a huge amount of the content you consume. And not just the free stuff, either.
Most TV is supported by advertising. Most commercial websites (and many non-commercial ones) are as well.
If people start using TiVos and ad-blockers, the return on investment from advertising will go down, and a lot of content providers will have to resort to even more intrusive ads in order to remain afloat. Either that, or simply charge more for their content.
I'm happy being able to access the majority of Internet content for free. But, if need be, I could afford to pay for what I read. What about people who can't?
Quite frankly, I agree with him.
Most free content on the web is supported by advertising. The advertiser pays the website publisher to display ads on their site, in the hope that they will catch someone's eye. If enough people run ad-blocking software, this will no longer be a viable business model, and most free content on the web will need to find another method of funding.
It's the same issue with TV commercials and TiVo.
You can whine all you want about how evil and annoying the companies are, and say "So what if they're not making any money? Greedy bastards, it serves them right!". But keep in mind, they can always take their toys and go home, and where will that leave you?
Personally, I don't mind putting up with ads. I tune the majority out mentally, and I even occasionally click on an interesting one.
Don't bother, the MicroCenter in Cambridge is rather average.
Living in Simmons Hall, I got to know it well.
I think it gives a whole new meaning to the phrase: "don't drop the ball!"
Realtors?
Speaking from a design perspective, it's pretty much a decision between "moves" and "doesn't move". The speed at which it has to move (for these probes, anyway) isn't that much of an issue: the issue is the need to include the wheels, mechanisms for turning, mechanisms for obstacle avoidance, and other things that any movement ability would require.
All of these come with an increased possibility of failure, but more importantly increased weight.
The tradeoff here is using the weight saved by making the probe immobile to carry more scientific equipment.
Ordinary Ferraris have somewhere around 400 hp, coming from a V8 or V12 engine. They don't make V16's, they're too heavy. Even the Enzo only has a 600-something hp V12.
You can get 400 hp from a turbocharged Toyota or Honda easily. Hell, people have gotten 1000 hp from them.
Granted, the engines don't last very long, and the cars handle like crap, but in the a straight line they're much faster than a Ferrari, and all for only ten or twenty thousand dollars.
No, not 'nuff' said. What's so bad about Java that it would make you avoid trying out a potentially cool, useful technology?
The last time they tried it, Coral itself slowed to a crawl.
How is that significant? It makes absolutely no difference to the story, it's just a petty quibble about a minor detail.
Also, the submitter forgot to mention that this software should cure AIDS and establish world peace. While giving him a blowjob.
You obviously get some kind of referrer bonus for sending people to their site. I count three links to shinyfeet.com in your post.
And really, who the hell would want an email address with "ShinyFeet" in it?
The one year package turned out to be 60 days pay (required by the federal WARN law), then one month's pay for every year I'd put in.... with a 10 month maximum. I had 21 years, so I got ten months pay plus the sixty days... I consider that a ten month package
I'm not disputing that you were treated badly, but why do you call 12 months of pay a ten-month severance package? If all you got was the legally-required two months of pay, would you say you got no severance?
The government's mandate of two months pay doesn't make it any easier for the company to give it to you.
Hell, if the government required five years of severance pay, would you still say you got nothing if the company gave you nothing beyond the legal minimum?
He was offering you a severance package, and forcing you to quit.
You're lucky he didn't say, "You want to decline the severance package? Okay...don't let the door hit you on the way out..."
Yes, but the fact that Microsoft is talking about letting the user specify how often indexing occurs makes it sound like they're not indexing on the fly, as content is created / changed on the filesystem, but rather on a fixed schedule.
Major updates cited include the ability to pick and choose which files to index, and how often
Interesting...Apple's implementation is integrated into the filesystem layer, so it indexes everything as it is written to disk (or at least, very soon after, once I/O load has gone down).
This doesn't seem to generate much of a performance hit, so I wonder why Microsoft is going for a different approach? Apple's seems to make more sense.
Bullshit. You don't know what the hell you're talking about.
No car in production today has drive by wire steering. Mercedes has drive by wire brakes, but even those have a mechanical backup in case something goes wrong.
And no auto manufacturer in their right mind would design a car to operate using a client/server architecture. What would be the point? You could sit in your car and control a Volvo on the other side of the parking lot?
I think you're just throwing out buzzwords and hoping for a mod up.
Does anyone else think Ballmer looks like Shrek in that photo, minus the green?