netflix gets all this great PR for this approach - and at least in theory it's a good one - but as a customer of netflix's, the results i've experienced are actually pretty poor.
think about it, they go around shooting nodes in the head during business hours. In the long run, that's great, they can be prepared for anything, but it's still madness.
Oh and separation of services? Great. But who the hell wants to browse the netflix directory when the streaming service is down? Not me, for one.
If we're promoting freedom everywhere, maybe we should start with people being raped, bombed, murdered, etc. against their will instead of some computer code that some relatively rich people "have" to run in their web browser. It's a classic first world problem, and the amount of hyperbole involved just makes it that much clearer that Stallman and other FSF folks have a totally skewed frame of reference.
I stopped reading when I got to the bit about how his virus scanner was written in assembly for speed. This is a ridiculous assertion given that virus scanners slow the system down because of IO pressure, not to mention how good modern x86 compilers are.
One of the videos shows the transitions between rotary and fixed phases, during which the vehicle is essentially in free-fall. How long does it have to stay in transition, spinning up/down the wing/blades before it can complete the transition? You can definitely rule passenger flight out, and will ikely be less reliable than the V-22 by an order of magnitude - and that's saying something.
I'm curious if the researchers have any data about the "red" and orange spots on the map. Specifically in the middle latitudes in Canada. There is almost a horizontal bar of cooling in the middle north of canada, south of the arctic circle. What's that about?
In the video, shuttleworth goes on about how ubuntu is this revolutionary way to have the same software on your phone and desktop. Umm, did he miss the memo about windows 8? I mean I know Windows 8 sucks and all, but ignoring the big gorilla in the room just makes him seem out of touch.
Yes, Jobs did something, but by equating Apple with Jobs, you are ignoring the contribution of 500,000+ Apple employees in the US alone. That's ridiculously insulting to everyone who has worked for Apple.
Good lord, this entire article is based on one tweet - 107 characters. Surely we could have waited for Carmack to say something more detailed than this??
Grossly inappropriate? Please. If you are selling bandwidth, you are going to measure it the way it comes out highest. Not because you are a thieving jerk, but because a) that's what your salespeople want and b) all of your competitors are doing it. Looking at the level 3 bandwidth usage is an error. It fails to account for - at minimum: - TCP headers - IP traffic that is hidden from the TCP level (retransmits, dupes, ICMP, etc.) - session setup and teardown (SYN - ACK - SYN/ACK) - Physical layer overhead (for example ATM requires multiples of around 50 bytes IIRC) - PPP overhead (this is DSL after all) - And certainly other things I've forgotten.
If you've ever looked at an ethernet level dump, it's not surprising in the least that that adds up to about 20-30%.
seriously, though, what does it run? the article doesn't say except to use the nebulous term "open source". or are they planning on schlepping off the initial software development to the open source community too? (good luck with that)
exactly this. what is the point of having a small narrow hot spot of very fast speed? are people really too lazy to plug in a cable when they need to transfer tons and tons of data quickly? what use case is there for cutting the wire but forcing the wifi device to be in the same small area?
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netflix gets all this great PR for this approach - and at least in theory it's a good one - but as a customer of netflix's, the results i've experienced are actually pretty poor.
think about it, they go around shooting nodes in the head during business hours. In the long run, that's great, they can be prepared for anything, but it's still madness.
Oh and separation of services? Great. But who the hell wants to browse the netflix directory when the streaming service is down? Not me, for one.
Frankly, I was a little disappointed in this article. His arguments seems a bit - for lack of a better term: simple.
Is there anyone out there who is arguing that simple solutions to inherently complex problems exist and are a good thing?
If we're promoting freedom everywhere, maybe we should start with people being raped, bombed, murdered, etc. against their will instead of some computer code that some relatively rich people "have" to run in their web browser. It's a classic first world problem, and the amount of hyperbole involved just makes it that much clearer that Stallman and other FSF folks have a totally skewed frame of reference.
In all seriousness, maybe you should try linux?
I stopped reading when I got to the bit about how his virus scanner was written in assembly for speed. This is a ridiculous assertion given that virus scanners slow the system down because of IO pressure, not to mention how good modern x86 compilers are.
Actually, some Android firmwares are Free as in freedom. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CyanogenMod and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replicant_(operating_system)
One of the videos shows the transitions between rotary and fixed phases, during which the vehicle is essentially in free-fall. How long does it have to stay in transition, spinning up/down the wing/blades before it can complete the transition? You can definitely rule passenger flight out, and will ikely be less reliable than the V-22 by an order of magnitude - and that's saying something.
My Dear Friend, I have it on good authority that Natalie and her father had EVERYthing to do with your Internets.
My guess would be that the machine that launched the attack was simply spoofing its IP.
I'm curious if the researchers have any data about the "red" and orange spots on the map. Specifically in the middle latitudes in Canada. There is almost a horizontal bar of cooling in the middle north of canada, south of the arctic circle. What's that about?
my guess would be the worms came from soil that came with plants from the south.
Canada? sure. but in the USA? in ohio? I don't think so.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse_colonization_of_the_Americas
In the video, shuttleworth goes on about how ubuntu is this revolutionary way to have the same software on your phone and desktop. Umm, did he miss the memo about windows 8? I mean I know Windows 8 sucks and all, but ignoring the big gorilla in the room just makes him seem out of touch.
Yes, Jobs did something, but by equating Apple with Jobs, you are ignoring the contribution of 500,000+ Apple employees in the US alone. That's ridiculously insulting to everyone who has worked for Apple.
All due respect, but now that the man is deceased, can we finally stop equating everything related to Apple Inc with its former figure head?
Good lord, this entire article is based on one tweet - 107 characters. Surely we could have waited for Carmack to say something more detailed than this??
I still remembering being grumpy when FreeBSD upped the memory requirement from 4MB to 6MB, rendering it uninstallable on my 486 laptop. I win.
You might have a point if the packet was lost in their network. But the packet can also be lost on your wifi, or on someone else's network.
So yes, you probably should be.
Just thought of two more:
- (UDP) DNS traffic
- differing definitions of kilobyte (1000 vs. 1024)
and I'm sure there are still more.
Grossly inappropriate? Please. If you are selling bandwidth, you are going to measure it the way it comes out highest. Not because you are a thieving jerk, but because a) that's what your salespeople want and b) all of your competitors are doing it. Looking at the level 3 bandwidth usage is an error. It fails to account for - at minimum:
- TCP headers
- IP traffic that is hidden from the TCP level (retransmits, dupes, ICMP, etc.)
- session setup and teardown (SYN - ACK - SYN/ACK)
- Physical layer overhead (for example ATM requires multiples of around 50 bytes IIRC)
- PPP overhead (this is DSL after all)
- And certainly other things I've forgotten.
If you've ever looked at an ethernet level dump, it's not surprising in the least that that adds up to about 20-30%.
seriously, though, what does it run? the article doesn't say except to use the nebulous term "open source". or are they planning on schlepping off the initial software development to the open source community too? (good luck with that)
exactly this. what is the point of having a small narrow hot spot of very fast speed? are people really too lazy to plug in a cable when they need to transfer tons and tons of data quickly? what use case is there for cutting the wire but forcing the wifi device to be in the same small area?
I like orangutans!!!! (I don't remember what this thread is about either)
Egads. The least they could have done is print QR codes linking to online versions instead of blank space...
n/t