Kinda half-serious, half-joking, but I wonder if those that participated in this survey should also be categorized as folks that are willing to submit to phone surveys. Is that something that's worth considering
You just hit on one of the dirty secrets of the market research industry. The people who you want to talk to, don't want to talk to you. The end result is : 67% of boring people with no life and no friends think........
Sure you might have some resistance to anything that isn't VSS, I was just pointing out some alternatives. I was replying to a misinformed post that said VSS was the only option.
Also, there is Vault which looks very promising. It uses SQL Server as it's repository, and SOAP as the transport and is written in.NET.
CVS? They're a Microsoft shop. Nothing but M$ products for them.
That looks like a nice, standard mis-informed Slashdot post to me.
For Windows, there is CVS NT which works great. Then you can use Igloo for IDE integration. Or the even cooler Tortoise CVS for explorer integration (an easier to use source control tool I have yet to find).
OR, there is always Subversion if you don't want CVS. Subversion also has a Tortoise port.
Or, back in the closed source world, Perforce and I'm sure a handful of others.
I once (a few years ago) inherited a web project that was managed by Net Objects Fusion. That was bad enough, except that the hosting server only allowed uploading via Frontpage Extensions (go figure). So once any updates were done, the pages had to be exported out of Net Objects, then brought into the Frontpage project so they could be uploaded.
If you can imagine the HTML that came out of that little combo. Not pretty.
I also saw one site that looked to be a combo of MS Word and Net Objects. I still have nightmares about that one.........
I don't understand what this java applet is supposed to do. Is is supposed to stay in memory and watch you as you surf other sites? I don't see how it can
It doesn't stay in memory. It just loads up on every page of the site that is using it and sends back details like referers and time spent between pages back to Red Sherrif. Red Sherrif are basically an Internet market research company.
So, while it does track usage on the BBC site as well as any other Red Sherrif client sites, it isn't the same as something like Gator which will hang around on your PC and do other nasty stuff in the background.
There is another company that do it (although maybe they have merged now) called IMR Worldwide.
but I wonder if it requires the client to be modified to run special tracking software that sends back multipath information to the basestation to enable it to tune its beam.
It would seem not. In the Wired article, Paul Boutin says he took his own laptop to make sure they weren't doing anything tricky on the client side. He could go everywhere the demonstation engineer went and get good access.
The actual output of this thing is on 30mw. It just increases range by locking on to it's clients and adjusting itself to aim more directly at them. because of this, it will actually cause less general interferance than a standard garden variety AP
I totally agree with everything you are saying. Except, that it is just fact that artists DON'T make money from touring.
My favorite band openly encourages taping, I love that. I love going to see talented musicians rather than pre-processed mimed crap like Brittney Spears too.
But, touring costs a lot of money, and is hard work.
If you really want to do something good, support independent artists and labels by buying their CDs. Period.
My belief is that artists will begin to give their music away for free, understanding that if they do not give it away for free it will be gotten for free anyways. Where they will make money is in live performances.
That's just not how the industry works. Artists don't make money out of live performances. In fact, they often lose money. Touring costs a LOT of money.
This is why you hear that a band is "touring to promote the album" and not vice versa.
I have been teaching myself how to use Linux over the last week.
I have been running Ipcop as a firewall for a few months and getting into the shell and poking around finally got the better of me and I decided to give Linux a good go.
My goals were:
Get it installed and running
Get X working.
Figure out the difference between a desktop and a window manager;)
Get Samba running
Get apache running
Get PHP and Postgress SQL running to learn them and get a simple web app together (I am a SQL Server / ASP developer by day....yeah ok ok, shut up... not all of us a morons, just most unfortunately)
SO far I am doing well. I had some Red Hat 7.1 CDs and have that running. Gnome and Enlightenment work for me, although I am mainly using enlightenment as it is a pretty crappy machine. I got Samba to work so I have a share set up in my Windows workgroup. I have Apache running. I have VNC Server and SSH running so I can do it all from my Windows Laptop using PuTTy and VNC (the only spare monitor I had was really crappy).
The only thing I have left to do is configure PHP and a database and I am happy.
But I do have a point....
The most important thing I have learned. Is Google Groups search is your best friend. There are so many little quirks and pitfalls for someone setting this sort of stuff up by themselves for the first time. No tutorial can cover them all. Teaching people how to find answers is the best lesson of all. Especially when it is 1am and they have just managed to completely stop something from running (Samba, X etc), it is important to know how to get an answer when you have no one holding your hand.
End of the story....I am loving it! If most of my computer use didn't involve SQL Server I could see myself switching.
Most bands dont make money on the record, they make money on the concerts and appearances.
I would disagree with this, maybe the bigger acts make money, but touring is very expensive. You have accommodation, equipment, crew, unions, marketing, etc etc etc.
Most bands tour to promote an album, not the other way around.
Slashdot Mirror
Are a million to one... he said.
oooh, the NOC list
Noticed any of the ads on sourceforge yet ?
That's right, Microsoft fund it! Oh, and Slashdot too
I just found out about a new site, www.Adminforums.com. It's not bad, and just getting off the ground so it's a great way to get in and help shape it.
You just hit on one of the dirty secrets of the market research industry. The people who you want to talk to, don't want to talk to you. The end result is : ........
67% of boring people with no life and no friends think
It probably doesn't have all the features of XML Spy but it works pretty well. I use it occasionally for debugging Xpath and XSLT.
Might be worth a look.
Actually, that is incorrect. Just because you don't see it, doesn't mean it isn't there.
Sure you might have some resistance to anything that isn't VSS, I was just pointing out some alternatives. I was replying to a misinformed post that said VSS was the only option.
Also, there is Vault which looks very promising. It uses SQL Server as it's repository, and SOAP as the transport and is written in .NET.
Nothing but M$ products for them.
That looks like a nice, standard mis-informed Slashdot post to me.
For Windows, there is CVS NT which works great. Then you can use Igloo for IDE integration. Or the even cooler Tortoise CVS for explorer integration (an easier to use source control tool I have yet to find).
OR, there is always Subversion if you don't want CVS. Subversion also has a Tortoise port.
Or, back in the closed source world, Perforce and I'm sure a handful of others.
DeForest Kelley, Giant Mutant Killer Rabbits, $10 special effects budget.
What else DO you really need ?
I don't know if it is still the case, but you used to be able to be able to open doors with a 27mhz CB radio.
So, either they have done a whole bunch to secure them. Or there is nothing stopping you from opening someones door already.
insert wardriving joke here
It's an open and shut case.
Boom boom
Slashdot are a little late on this then. I'm in Sydney and we have been in 2003 for the last 12 hours.
I once (a few years ago) inherited a web project that was managed by Net Objects Fusion. That was bad enough, except that the hosting server only allowed uploading via Frontpage Extensions (go figure). So once any updates were done, the pages had to be exported out of Net Objects, then brought into the Frontpage project so they could be uploaded.
If you can imagine the HTML that came out of that little combo. Not pretty.
I also saw one site that looked to be a combo of MS Word and Net Objects. I still have nightmares about that one.........
It doesn't stay in memory. It just loads up on every page of the site that is using it and sends back details like referers and time spent between pages back to Red Sherrif. Red Sherrif are basically an Internet market research company.
So, while it does track usage on the BBC site as well as any other Red Sherrif client sites, it isn't the same as something like Gator which will hang around on your PC and do other nasty stuff in the background.
There is another company that do it (although maybe they have merged now) called IMR Worldwide.
It would seem not. In the Wired article, Paul Boutin says he took his own laptop to make sure they weren't doing anything tricky on the client side. He could go everywhere the demonstation engineer went and get good access.
Did you read the articles ?
The actual output of this thing is on 30mw. It just increases range by locking on to it's clients and adjusting itself to aim more directly at them. because of this, it will actually cause less general interferance than a standard garden variety AP
Umm, didn't this already get posted today ??
Timothy, do you not not read Slashdot ?
Sorry, I was talking about musicians :p
I totally agree with everything you are saying. Except, that it is just fact that artists DON'T make money from touring.
My favorite band openly encourages taping, I love that. I love going to see talented musicians rather than pre-processed mimed crap like Brittney Spears too.
But, touring costs a lot of money, and is hard work.
If you really want to do something good, support independent artists and labels by buying their CDs. Period.
That's just not how the industry works. Artists don't make money out of live performances. In fact, they often lose money. Touring costs a LOT of money.
This is why you hear that a band is "touring to promote the album" and not vice versa.
I have been teaching myself how to use Linux over the last week.
I have been running Ipcop as a firewall for a few months and getting into the shell and poking around finally got the better of me and I decided to give Linux a good go.
My goals were :
SO far I am doing well. I had some Red Hat 7.1 CDs and have that running. Gnome and Enlightenment work for me, although I am mainly using enlightenment as it is a pretty crappy machine. I got Samba to work so I have a share set up in my Windows workgroup. I have Apache running. I have VNC Server and SSH running so I can do it all from my Windows Laptop using PuTTy and VNC (the only spare monitor I had was really crappy).
The only thing I have left to do is configure PHP and a database and I am happy.
But I do have a point....
The most important thing I have learned. Is Google Groups search is your best friend. There are so many little quirks and pitfalls for someone setting this sort of stuff up by themselves for the first time. No tutorial can cover them all. Teaching people how to find answers is the best lesson of all. Especially when it is 1am and they have just managed to completely stop something from running (Samba, X etc), it is important to know how to get an answer when you have no one holding your hand.
End of the story....I am loving it! If most of my computer use didn't involve SQL Server I could see myself switching.
Most bands dont make money on the record, they make money on the concerts and appearances.
I would disagree with this, maybe the bigger acts make money, but touring is very expensive. You have accommodation, equipment, crew, unions, marketing, etc etc etc.
Most bands tour to promote an album, not the other way around.
Is there anyone that has heard one of these that can give more of a description than
"and it sounds terrific.".
This review is like: "yep, found this really cool gadget, it works with Linux and....what ? you mean it plays MP3s ? Cool!"
or am I the only one that thought that ?
That is all well and good, but doesn't really help anyone in Sydney looking for broadband Internet access.
From the FAQ:
It is a shame, I would love to get faster that 56k, I'm in a unit block very close to the city, and I have ZERO options.