I don't usually post but I'm very satisfied with my Johncompanies FreeBSD Box
I pay $65 / Month - root on your own server - Full FreeBSD Filesystem - 2 gigabytes disk space - 40 Gigs transfer / Month - Firewall access - Unlimited tech support - We supply the hardware
I'm currently running a very kickass apache box with an incredible uptime (they've been down once and they weren't really down, just a network problem, 90% of my customers were able to still reach the sites)
I'm hosting over 30 domains on there, not low bandwidth either. And I'm probably going to be buying more boxes to setup a web serving cluster as the number of users increases
The support is fast fast fast. I get replies in less than 5 minutes in some cases.
Why is there an upgrade program for people who have a Visorphone, but none for those who want to upgrade the old Treo to one with better battery life and a color screen. I'm happy with my current Treo but damn, don't we all want color?
Seems really stupid for Handspring to Shit on Early Adopters.
It seems the article isn't so much about why dot-com's fail, but rather why: 1) People want everything in life for free 2) The Author is too cheap to pony up a little bit of dough to send out an animated card.
Since he runs a site and knows the costs behind running a site, one would think he'd be the first to want to SUPPORT a site by signing up.
All that yummy goodness of the middle eastern cab driver and the cursing is in the game. Personally It's not a stereotype. I live in New York. Try to find a WASP taxi driver here.
My only beef is they took out the motorcycle from the game because the physics were too hard to render. Blah.
IT's always a shame to see a piece of computer history go away.
Maybe we should set up a landmarks perservation kind of deally to prevent things like this from happening.
of course it would have to be open source;)
Re:SINCE WHEN you can no longer rip cd's?
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80 Gig MP3 Player
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Hmm, that day must have snuck up on us because If I didn't know better, I still ripped a couple of brand new (prerelease) cds last week.
The day u can't rip cds will be the same day the United States stamps out terrorism and Micro$oft ends warez trading. It's an abstract war than can't be won. the Riaa brings down one p2p, 8 more pop up, or someone finds out about IRC or USENET or some other flavor of mp3 trading.
As for being unable to rip cds, if someone really wants to rip cds and can't even get CD paranoia or someother l33t program to rip the tracks, whats to stop them from recording directly from the Audio Out? As long as there is one geek out there willing to do the work, mp3s are still going to be around.
For those of us who were wondering what the hell 2.2.20pre10 is, it's the Linux Kernel update.
Of course, this being Slashdot, we automatically were supposed to know that, right guys;)
Not that I didn't know that of course *nudge nudge* wink Wink*
I don't understand Slashdot. Not everything Microsoft does is evil. Hell, I want them to be the gatekeepers of the internet. I find that worrying about things like personal freedom, privacy, and security tax my little mind too much. So I'd rather have a corporation deal with that for me.
Also, my mother still picks out my clothing for me. Decisions like this worry me so much.
Even better, send this conference to NYC. We need the dollars right now, shops are closing left and right.
Because of the attacks we've lost countless number of vistor, not to mention trade shows and
the traffic that they bring I'm not trying to be greedy (the whole country is in a slump right now) but an injection like this could seriously help out the local economy (and my favorite computer store that is being forced to close due to lack of business).
"p.s. I am not a citizen of the USA so am just wondering"
That line right there probably answers your question as to why the Air Force doesn't open up their simulators. That's the very essence of National Security right there. To have Military Airports in a game, even if they aren't the exact replicas or layout, is a huge threat.Enemies have to get their knowledge from somewhere, and something like this (even though it would be very cool) could easily be used for harm.
I forgot who orginally said this (1000 apologies):
"National ID cards (in the US, replacing the mishmash of Social Security, Driver's License, Military ID, blah blah) are actually a privacy enhancing thing, if backed up by the proper regulations.
Right now, in the US, we (ie the individual) have virtually no way of tracking who is tracing us, and identity theft is difficult to trace. There are a thousand and one different places to steal access to, any one of which can be used to forge access to another. And furthermore, there is almost no way to keep track of who accesses what information.
Even if the US put in reasonable privacy laws for the current system, keeping track of all accesses to your information is problematic, at best.
I'd be all for a National ID card, should they pass reasonable privacy laws with it. And my definition of privacy laws is this: I get to control who has access to what information, I decide what information can go in the system, I decide the granularity of info given to people, I own my information, nobody can collect information about me (unless as an unidentifiable part of an aggregate) unless I explicitly permit it, and no one can share any information about me with anyone else. There would be exceptions for court-ordered disclosures for law-enforcement, but that's it.
That system would be great: it would prevent a person with a suspended driver's license in one state from getting a new one in another, while at the same time prevent company A from discovering I like Mary Typer Moore shows by my viewing habits, then selling this info to company B.
Having a properly monitored and regulated central database of personal info is far better than the completely insecure mishmash of crap we have today.
But unless they put in those restrictions, Hell No!"
Beg to differ. Can't seem to get a Latte in the city (NYC) without at least 2 postcards about their wireless internet connection snuck in to my hand, along with countless flyers by the door, and a big poster in the window.
You are right though, it is expensive.
Does the Middle East get PBS?
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Bert Is Evil
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I know it's funny. and I'm supposed to laugh but....
Does Sesame Street even broadcast in the largely Islamic countries where these posters are popping up?
I've heard every theory about why Bert is on the posters, but (stick with me here) Maybe they don't know who Bert is? Most of us have grown up watching Sesame Street but I wonder if the same holds true in the Middle East.
Just a thought.
Re:GOVNET would not solve all govt security proble
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I don't think a public web server would be part of the GOVNET. Most likely it would be located either in a DMZ or at the least completely seperated from the GOVNET. There is no reason to connect a public web server to an intranet.
Funny, in 4th grade I remember having a science project that set out to solve the problem of "clinging shower curtains". The winner used velcro if memory serves correctly.
Good to see the great mystery in life are always being pondered. Now lets try and figure out Dick Clarks true age.;)
Rumor has it that Brandy (aka Wack ass Moesha) is going to take Aaliyah's place. If anyone has seen "I still know what you did last summer" then you know that this is a very bad casting idea.
Hopefully, it's just a rumor.
Re:what happened to good old balloons?
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Umm, probably the "nuclear" part of the submarine might raise a couple of eyebrows about using balloons to raise it. This isn't exactly Horseshoes. Kinda of have to go about this carefully.
Far from being your average "no value, pointless" dot com, PayPal serves a purpose to users of On-line auctions. I remember the days of yore when I had to walk about 20 miles;) to go buy a money order because nobody wants to accept a check on-line (are u serious? Do u know what kind of people use the net LOL)
Paypal takes all the extra steps out of this process and to those who's tech skills aren't enough for them to wade through Billpoints sign-up process, PayPal is the DE FACTO online payment service. Just do a quick check on eBAY for the number of auctions that only accept payment through paypal.
Good luck with this IPO. I'll buy some shares.
Slashdot Mirror
they told congress that more IPs would only lead to more IP theft
*rimshot*
I'll be here all week folks.
I don't usually post but I'm very satisfied with my Johncompanies FreeBSD Box
I pay $65 / Month
- root on your own server
- Full FreeBSD Filesystem
- 2 gigabytes disk space
- 40 Gigs transfer / Month
- Firewall access
- Unlimited tech support
- We supply the hardware
I'm currently running a very kickass apache box with an incredible uptime (they've been down once and they weren't really down, just a network problem, 90% of my customers were able to still reach the sites)
I'm hosting over 30 domains on there, not low bandwidth either. And I'm probably going to be buying more boxes to setup a web serving cluster as the number of users increases
The support is fast fast fast. I get replies in less than 5 minutes in some cases.
http://www.johncompanies.com/
...and as such I too am getting shafted.
Why is there an upgrade program for people who have a Visorphone, but none for those who want to upgrade the old Treo to one with better battery life and a color screen. I'm happy with my current Treo but damn, don't we all want color?
Seems really stupid for Handspring to Shit on Early Adopters.
It seems the article isn't so much about why dot-com's fail, but rather why:
1) People want everything in life for free
2) The Author is too cheap to pony up a little bit of dough to send out an animated card.
Since he runs a site and knows the costs behind running a site, one would think he'd be the first to want to SUPPORT a site by signing up.
All that yummy goodness of the middle eastern cab driver and the cursing is in the game. Personally It's not a stereotype. I live in New York. Try to find a WASP taxi driver here.
My only beef is they took out the motorcycle from the game because the physics were too hard to render. Blah.
Me in a Cheetah + Uzi + Game Radio > *
IT's always a shame to see a piece of computer history go away.
;)
Maybe we should set up a landmarks perservation kind of deally to prevent things like this from happening.
of course it would have to be open source
Hmm, that day must have snuck up on us because If I didn't know better, I still ripped a couple of brand new (prerelease) cds last week.
The day u can't rip cds will be the same day the United States stamps out terrorism and Micro$oft ends warez trading. It's an abstract war than can't be won. the Riaa brings down one p2p, 8 more pop up, or someone finds out about IRC or USENET or some other flavor of mp3 trading.
As for being unable to rip cds, if someone really wants to rip cds and can't even get CD paranoia or someother l33t program to rip the tracks, whats to stop them from recording directly from the Audio Out? As long as there is one geek out there willing to do the work, mp3s are still going to be around.
For those of us who were wondering what the hell 2.2.20pre10 is, it's the Linux Kernel update. Of course, this being Slashdot, we automatically were supposed to know that, right guys ;)
Not that I didn't know that of course *nudge nudge* wink Wink*
Rumor has it that the second ISO file is mostly hippie GNU/Pr0n....but I'm thinking that's Microsoft FUD. ;)
You kids with your overgrown editors. Someone wake me up when the new version of EDLIN is released.
I don't understand Slashdot. Not everything Microsoft does is evil. Hell, I want them to be the gatekeepers of the internet. I find that worrying about things like personal freedom, privacy, and security tax my little mind too much. So I'd rather have a corporation deal with that for me.
Also, my mother still picks out my clothing for me. Decisions like this worry me so much.
Perhaps a Beowulf Cluster of 56k modems?
hey.... It could work!
Even better, send this conference to NYC. We need the dollars right now, shops are closing left and right.
Because of the attacks we've lost countless number of vistor, not to mention trade shows and
the traffic that they bring
I'm not trying to be greedy (the whole country is in a slump right now) but an injection like this could seriously help out the local economy (and my favorite computer store that is being forced to close due to lack of business).
Every little bit helps.
"p.s. I am not a citizen of the USA so am just wondering"
That line right there probably answers your question as to why the Air Force doesn't open up their simulators. That's the very essence of National Security right there. To have Military Airports in a game, even if they aren't the exact replicas or layout, is a huge threat.Enemies have to get their knowledge from somewhere, and something like this (even though it would be very cool) could easily be used for harm.
I forgot who orginally said this (1000 apologies):
"National ID cards (in the US, replacing the mishmash of Social Security, Driver's License, Military ID, blah blah) are actually a privacy enhancing thing, if backed up by the proper regulations.
Right now, in the US, we (ie the individual) have virtually no way of tracking who is tracing us, and identity theft is difficult to trace. There are a thousand and one different places to steal access to, any one of which can be used to forge access to another. And furthermore, there is almost no way to keep track of who accesses what information.
Even if the US put in reasonable privacy laws for the current system, keeping track of all accesses to your information is problematic, at best.
I'd be all for a National ID card, should they pass reasonable privacy laws with it. And my definition of privacy laws is this: I get to control who has access to what information, I decide what information can go in the system, I decide the granularity of info given to people, I own my information, nobody can collect information about me (unless as an unidentifiable part of an aggregate) unless I explicitly permit it, and no one can share any information about me with anyone else. There would be exceptions for court-ordered disclosures for law-enforcement, but that's it.
That system would be great: it would prevent a person with a suspended driver's license in one state from getting a new one in another, while at the same time prevent company A from discovering I like Mary Typer Moore shows by my viewing habits, then selling this info to company B.
Having a properly monitored and regulated central database of personal info is far better than the completely insecure mishmash of crap we have today.
But unless they put in those restrictions, Hell No!"
Beg to differ. Can't seem to get a Latte in the city (NYC) without at least 2 postcards about their wireless internet connection snuck in to my hand, along with countless flyers by the door, and a big poster in the window.
You are right though, it is expensive.
I know it's funny. and I'm supposed to laugh but....
Does Sesame Street even broadcast in the largely Islamic countries where these posters are popping up?
I've heard every theory about why Bert is on the posters, but (stick with me here) Maybe they don't know who Bert is? Most of us have grown up watching Sesame Street but I wonder if the same holds true in the Middle East.
Just a thought.
I don't think a public web server would be part of the GOVNET. Most likely it would be located either in a DMZ or at the least completely seperated from the GOVNET. There is no reason to connect a public web server to an intranet.
If not just for the virus running abilities alone!
"Someone think of the children!!"
just kidding guys!
Funny, in 4th grade I remember having a science project that set out to solve the problem of "clinging shower curtains". The winner used velcro if memory serves correctly.
;)
Good to see the great mystery in life are always being pondered. Now lets try and figure out Dick Clarks true age.
Rumor has it that Brandy (aka Wack ass Moesha) is going to take Aaliyah's place. If anyone has seen "I still know what you did last summer" then you know that this is a very bad casting idea.
Hopefully, it's just a rumor.
Umm, probably the "nuclear" part of the submarine might raise a couple of eyebrows about using balloons to raise it. This isn't exactly Horseshoes. Kinda of have to go about this carefully.
Remember 9-11-2001
Far from being your average "no value, pointless" dot com, PayPal serves a purpose to users of On-line auctions. I remember the days of yore when I had to walk about 20 miles ;) to go buy a money order because nobody wants to accept a check on-line (are u serious? Do u know what kind of people use the net LOL)
Paypal takes all the extra steps out of this process and to those who's tech skills aren't enough for them to wade through Billpoints sign-up process, PayPal is the DE FACTO online payment service. Just do a quick check on eBAY for the number of auctions that only accept payment through paypal.
Good luck with this IPO. I'll buy some shares.