I had a NetZero account some time ago, as a dial-up account to use when I traveled. (This was before all the hotels started offering wi-fi.) The funny thing is that I didn't cancel it, instead they canceled it on me... When my credit card number changed (twice), they only attempted to contact me via my NetZero email account - which of course I never looked at. The first time the card number changed I happened to discover it and fixed the problem, asking them to contact me at a different email if it happened again; the second time, I didn't notice and they never tried.
Seriously... We're spending a huge amount of effort putting anti-drunk devices in vehicles, when with a few additions to roads, a wifi-type data sharing system, and a little bit of electronics, a car ought to be able to drive itself fairly easily. We have the technology.
I'm maintaining a curses version of an application and get lots of problem reports where curses gets into a bad state and ceases to function properly, and this is despite trying to shut down and reinitialize the library. If you can standardize on an ANSI terminal implementation, and use just the basic commands so as not to run into compatibility issues, I recommend you implement ANSI directly.
BitTorrent is already based on selfishness. In fact, that's why it works so well, because peers tend to seek out "partners", other peers which can trade high bandwidth with each other. A client which is *completely* selfish and doesn't upload at all will usually not get a decent download. A prioritization algorithm which is more intelligently selfish can only participate better in the bandwidth market and thereby actually improve BitTorrent's performance.
So... Why did Adobe use H.264 for Flash's codec, considering its patent burden? How much in royalties are THEY paying? Is it really that much better than the OGM codec?
If you took a large short position in the stock you might be investigated by the FTC and other law-enforcement bodies. They might think you were involved with the people sending out the spam. Further, the fact that spams are being sent out is not necessarily public information, which means those entities might charge you with "insider trading".
Silly, isn't it? But that's our government. Frankly, I think it'd be better if we didn't have these rules; let the unwary be fleeced.
I agree with Microsoft, actually; it can be difficult to take what looks like a perfectly legitimate business and guarantee that they aren't actually sniffing for your personal information. But only labeling large businesses as "safe" will indeed put serious burdens on smaller companies.
Perhaps Microsoft could allow for companies who wish to "go green" to purchase a certain amount insurance from established bonding companies assuring shoppers that their information won't go awry. Bonding companies know how best to deal with this sort of risk; they would subject their client companies to audits, making sure servers were secure and weren't caching the wrong sort of data.
You're right. Unfortunately, I can't think of any way to enforce any sort of content identification for peers to follow; I could write something in, so that a torrent hash is based on some sort of content ID, and that peers are forced by spec to transmit that ID, but it would be easy for someone to create torrents with content IDs completely different from the actual contents.
Wouldn't it be possible to automatically strip all macros from the documents? Of course, some documents wouldn't survive the alteration unscathed, but for most of the documents I don't think the end users would even notice a difference.
The BitTorrent protocol has a very easily identifiable header, which can be quickly detected by an ISP's protocol analyzer and throttled as necessary.
Or, I should say, HAD an easily identifiable header. Several ISPs did just this, but throttle the traffic to practically zero. The end result? Azureus created, and other clients adopted, an encrypted version of the BitTorrent protocol that is nearly impossible for ISPs to recognize.
Perhaps BitTorrent bandwidth usage can become abusive, but when ISPs become abusive in return, the entire system becomes dysfunctional.
I think a large portion of the delay is initializing and setting states for all the hardware. Reducing the kernel and libraries to an image might speed things up, but not by much. It'd be about as fast as starting up from hibernation mode.
If you want a quick start, just use sleep mode. Takes very little power and you're up in seconds.
What does "social justice" have to do with open-source software? Or with closed source? Or with anything? Trying to justify cooperative or closed efforts based on what you think their benefit to mankind will be is off-point. The closed source software occurs because someone wants to make money. The cooperative effort exists because people want to volunteer their efforts. Using the government hammer on the people who want to make money because they're detrimental to society by "consuming money" is as smart as beating down the open-source people because they're "destroying the free market".
There are several basic steps that you can use to winterize an unoccupied house. Shutting off the water supply is one good idea. There are also chemicals you pour into drains that will stay in the traps without evaporating and keep sewage fumes and critters from entering the house. Shuttering the windows would also be smart.
If you have shut off the water than keeping the house above freezing may not be absolutely necessary. Allowing it to get too cold might cause other problems with lumber shrinking and with water that's stuck in the pipes freezing. I recommend you have several electric heaters plugged in with their thermostats set to the minimum; that way if the house gets too cold, or if your main heater fails, they'll kick in and keep things from going below zero centigrade.
As for remote monitoring, I'd recommend using a more old-fashioned approach; disable call-answering if you have it, and get an old fashioned answering machine. Then call it once per day. If it picks up, great; if not, either the electric or the phone line is down.
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I had a NetZero account some time ago, as a dial-up account to use when I traveled. (This was before all the hotels started offering wi-fi.) The funny thing is that I didn't cancel it, instead they canceled it on me... When my credit card number changed (twice), they only attempted to contact me via my NetZero email account - which of course I never looked at. The first time the card number changed I happened to discover it and fixed the problem, asking them to contact me at a different email if it happened again; the second time, I didn't notice and they never tried.
LOL
A big green button labeled "HOME".
Seriously... We're spending a huge amount of effort putting anti-drunk devices in vehicles, when with a few additions to roads, a wifi-type data sharing system, and a little bit of electronics, a car ought to be able to drive itself fairly easily. We have the technology.
...why doesn't it do the driving?
No, really, I'm serious.
I don't suppose you could open-source your library? ^__^
I'm maintaining a curses version of an application and get lots of problem reports where curses gets into a bad state and ceases to function properly, and this is despite trying to shut down and reinitialize the library. If you can standardize on an ANSI terminal implementation, and use just the basic commands so as not to run into compatibility issues, I recommend you implement ANSI directly.
BitTorrent is already based on selfishness. In fact, that's why it works so well, because peers tend to seek out "partners", other peers which can trade high bandwidth with each other. A client which is *completely* selfish and doesn't upload at all will usually not get a decent download. A prioritization algorithm which is more intelligently selfish can only participate better in the bandwidth market and thereby actually improve BitTorrent's performance.
Actually, it's because the "permanent moonbase" will be a lot larger than the Apollo site so they need a MUCH larger stage.
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And here's its specs.
So... Why did Adobe use H.264 for Flash's codec, considering its patent burden? How much in royalties are THEY paying? Is it really that much better than the OGM codec?
'Twas a joke, son.
If you took a large short position in the stock you might be investigated by the FTC and other law-enforcement bodies. They might think you were involved with the people sending out the spam. Further, the fact that spams are being sent out is not necessarily public information, which means those entities might charge you with "insider trading".
Silly, isn't it? But that's our government. Frankly, I think it'd be better if we didn't have these rules; let the unwary be fleeced.
Um, is this contest being sponsored by the Church of Scientology?
THIS is a blender.
I agree with Microsoft, actually; it can be difficult to take what looks like a perfectly legitimate business and guarantee that they aren't actually sniffing for your personal information. But only labeling large businesses as "safe" will indeed put serious burdens on smaller companies.
Perhaps Microsoft could allow for companies who wish to "go green" to purchase a certain amount insurance from established bonding companies assuring shoppers that their information won't go awry. Bonding companies know how best to deal with this sort of risk; they would subject their client companies to audits, making sure servers were secure and weren't caching the wrong sort of data.
You're right. Unfortunately, I can't think of any way to enforce any sort of content identification for peers to follow; I could write something in, so that a torrent hash is based on some sort of content ID, and that peers are forced by spec to transmit that ID, but it would be easy for someone to create torrents with content IDs completely different from the actual contents.
Wouldn't it be possible to automatically strip all macros from the documents? Of course, some documents wouldn't survive the alteration unscathed, but for most of the documents I don't think the end users would even notice a difference.
Haw.
The BitTorrent protocol has a very easily identifiable header, which can be quickly detected by an ISP's protocol analyzer and throttled as necessary.
Or, I should say, HAD an easily identifiable header. Several ISPs did just this, but throttle the traffic to practically zero. The end result? Azureus created, and other clients adopted, an encrypted version of the BitTorrent protocol that is nearly impossible for ISPs to recognize.
Perhaps BitTorrent bandwidth usage can become abusive, but when ISPs become abusive in return, the entire system becomes dysfunctional.
Heads up, Nvidia. There will soon be a market for chipsets that support both CPU lines SIMULTANEOUSLY. Get the best of both worlds, literally.
Show them your notebook PC. After their eyes stop bugging out, they'll hire you on the spot.
Of course, a few days later, you'll be at your desk when a few guys in ugly suits show up to take you away...
...Jack Thompson homeless.
I think a large portion of the delay is initializing and setting states for all the hardware. Reducing the kernel and libraries to an image might speed things up, but not by much. It'd be about as fast as starting up from hibernation mode.
If you want a quick start, just use sleep mode. Takes very little power and you're up in seconds.
What does "social justice" have to do with open-source software? Or with closed source? Or with anything? Trying to justify cooperative or closed efforts based on what you think their benefit to mankind will be is off-point. The closed source software occurs because someone wants to make money. The cooperative effort exists because people want to volunteer their efforts. Using the government hammer on the people who want to make money because they're detrimental to society by "consuming money" is as smart as beating down the open-source people because they're "destroying the free market".
There are several basic steps that you can use to winterize an unoccupied house. Shutting off the water supply is one good idea. There are also chemicals you pour into drains that will stay in the traps without evaporating and keep sewage fumes and critters from entering the house. Shuttering the windows would also be smart.
If you have shut off the water than keeping the house above freezing may not be absolutely necessary. Allowing it to get too cold might cause other problems with lumber shrinking and with water that's stuck in the pipes freezing. I recommend you have several electric heaters plugged in with their thermostats set to the minimum; that way if the house gets too cold, or if your main heater fails, they'll kick in and keep things from going below zero centigrade.
As for remote monitoring, I'd recommend using a more old-fashioned approach; disable call-answering if you have it, and get an old fashioned answering machine. Then call it once per day. If it picks up, great; if not, either the electric or the phone line is down.
Maybe where this NIC really belongs is on the MMORPG *servers*?
I'll give even odds that they use Google AdSense for their revenue stream. ;-)