the peer selection algorithm does not take network distance into account
Not directly, no; all early attempts to do this deliberately resulted in poor performance. This is why BitTorrent forms so many connections. Most of the trading occurs between the fastest peer connections, which automatically selects against congested network links.
BitTorrent was originally designed to be VERY tolerant of ISP's needs. Prior to the obfuscated protocol expansion, the first thing sent by each connection, on both sides, was "BitTorrent protocol", easy for a protocol analyzer to discover and assign a lower bandwidth tier.
So what did ISPs do? They throttled it to zero, rather than to an intermediate level we all could live with.
The end result: Encrypted BitTorrent, and ISPs using drastic methods like spoofing reset packets.
You're assuming the collapse of the Earth into the singularity would be symmetrical. I could see it getting kicked into a grossly elliptical orbit, playing ping-pong with the the other planets and eventually intersecting Sol.
IMO Edison can still be considered the father of sound recording. While he may not have been the first person to transcribe sound in another medium, he was indeed the first to discover a medium that would allow for easy playback - and reproduction as well. He also commercialized it, and the definition of "father" is making babies.:-P
Pure science WAS the point. This was one of the ways they discovered what sound actually was. The ability to play these old recordings back is neat, but beside the point.
Speaking about dual screens, it'd be really nice if someone would make a 17" LCD monitor with a folding base for use as a 2nd screen for a multimedia notebook. Just keep it in the bag when on the road and only set it up when you need it.
Rather than have your company spend several hundred dollars on a lockable box, have them spend several hundred dollars on a desktop machine that you can just leave there. Then if it gets stolen, it's the company's problem.
The domains they host are pretty much private property (or ought to be). If NS doesn't like what's on a domain, yes, they should be allowed to suspend the page; but one should also be allowed to transfer the domain to a registrar who won't object. This is something I don't think NS allows.
Also, despite their being allowed to suspend service like that, their customers ought to be informed how touchy their registrar is. I suspect NS will see some defectors.
Printing gold wouldn't be that much cheaper; it's simply not generally available, and until we start mining asteroids it will remain "unobtanium". Nukes should also be difficult, and even with asteroid mining fissionables will be difficult to obtain. Titanium may not be that bad, and Platinum is actually (relatively) plentiful in some areas, though currently difficult to extract.
As for printing an actual holy grail, we still lack a proper physics for miraculous objects, so that will still require work.
Add some sort of caching parameter to the DTD spec, that specifies how long browsers should cache those DTDs.
Another potential solution: Have browsers keep the DTDs cached, and then check the file date periodically when re-requested. This will still put some load on the w3c's servers, but significantly less than complete re-downloads.
Apple's been bragging that they've sold >3 million of the buggers. That basically means only one in about a hundred people in the US has one of the damned things. Of course their users are difficult to find.
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the peer selection algorithm does not take network distance into account
Not directly, no; all early attempts to do this deliberately resulted in poor performance. This is why BitTorrent forms so many connections. Most of the trading occurs between the fastest peer connections, which automatically selects against congested network links.
BitTorrent was originally designed to be VERY tolerant of ISP's needs. Prior to the obfuscated protocol expansion, the first thing sent by each connection, on both sides, was "BitTorrent protocol", easy for a protocol analyzer to discover and assign a lower bandwidth tier.
So what did ISPs do? They throttled it to zero, rather than to an intermediate level we all could live with.
The end result: Encrypted BitTorrent, and ISPs using drastic methods like spoofing reset packets.
Maybe calling your house a mosque in Indonesia gets you a tax break...
Or devaluation... :-P
That'll be what, 1 Euro by then?
...Now only if it were secure...
You're assuming the collapse of the Earth into the singularity would be symmetrical. I could see it getting kicked into a grossly elliptical orbit, playing ping-pong with the the other planets and eventually intersecting Sol.
IMO Edison can still be considered the father of sound recording. While he may not have been the first person to transcribe sound in another medium, he was indeed the first to discover a medium that would allow for easy playback - and reproduction as well. He also commercialized it, and the definition of "father" is making babies. :-P
Pure science WAS the point. This was one of the ways they discovered what sound actually was. The ability to play these old recordings back is neat, but beside the point.
Well, that explains it; considering how fast the technology is changing, they probably didn't have 2.4 GHz versions 62 days ago.
Speaking about dual screens, it'd be really nice if someone would make a 17" LCD monitor with a folding base for use as a 2nd screen for a multimedia notebook. Just keep it in the bag when on the road and only set it up when you need it.
Rather than have your company spend several hundred dollars on a lockable box, have them spend several hundred dollars on a desktop machine that you can just leave there. Then if it gets stolen, it's the company's problem.
The domains they host are pretty much private property (or ought to be). If NS doesn't like what's on a domain, yes, they should be allowed to suspend the page; but one should also be allowed to transfer the domain to a registrar who won't object. This is something I don't think NS allows.
Also, despite their being allowed to suspend service like that, their customers ought to be informed how touchy their registrar is. I suspect NS will see some defectors.
"Teh caek is a lie!"
The wide angle infrared view is especially striking. I'm assuming the black slashes indicate missing imagery and not alien activity.
Some blacklights in our basement should give the same effect - and also give us an excuse to put up those velvet posters we always secretly admired.
Showing him a ZERO bank balance might work even better. It'd help your own balance, as well.
...without Iliad's take.
Printing gold wouldn't be that much cheaper; it's simply not generally available, and until we start mining asteroids it will remain "unobtanium". Nukes should also be difficult, and even with asteroid mining fissionables will be difficult to obtain. Titanium may not be that bad, and Platinum is actually (relatively) plentiful in some areas, though currently difficult to extract.
As for printing an actual holy grail, we still lack a proper physics for miraculous objects, so that will still require work.
Add some sort of caching parameter to the DTD spec, that specifies how long browsers should cache those DTDs.
Another potential solution: Have browsers keep the DTDs cached, and then check the file date periodically when re-requested. This will still put some load on the w3c's servers, but significantly less than complete re-downloads.
No, I'm sneering at GP's assertion that he ought to be seeing iPhones everywhere.
Apple's been bragging that they've sold >3 million of the buggers. That basically means only one in about a hundred people in the US has one of the damned things. Of course their users are difficult to find.
To defend GP, the Slashdot article DOES imply the electronics would only charge themselves.
Is this effect reversible? Could it be turned into a super-efficient Peltier module?