Then there is the big fact that progammers these days are sloppy and waste resources. A machine that is faster than one needs today will only be adequate in 2 or 3 years given upgrades to all the programs. (Am I being cynical? Maybe, but then again, maybe not.)
You know, that is something that really piss me off.
Yes, I know many times it is not the programmers fault, and they have to be sloppy to be able to meet that stupid deadline. But, c'mon. Take a look at the system resources something like Beryl uses. Then take a look at whats-name Vista 3D crappy gui uses. And I'm pretty sure Beryl could be even more efficient (tho I'm not sure if it would be worth the effort).
2GB to RUN an OS ? Tons of processing power (both CPU and GPU) to run a simple game ? I can understand beefy CPU needs for things like video encoding and cryptographic processing, along with a few other things. But most apps simply SHOULD NOT need that much resource. IT IS JUST PLAIN STUPID.
Actually (even tho I sense you were aiming for Funny), this is an evolutionary imperative (or something like that). Our primitive ancestors who enjoyed (and could metabolize) sugar (and fat) were able to get much more energy into their bodies. They were better adapter to an environment where finding food/energy was difficult. So yes, you ARE genetically predisposed to like sugars (and fat foods).
Are we sure about that ? Yahoo has embraced some nasty practices before. But I agree Google (based on what we see on AdSense) is the lesser of evils here.
Nope. As your question proves, this is the political process working for the political parties.
This proposal is so radical and extremist (fix everything with a single blow) that it will never be approved. However, the party that proposed will still be remembered as such, and many politicians will get reelected.
This is an obvious attempt to try and convince the people that they are working for them. Well, if it were, they would try using a more subtle tactic, something that did have a chance of getting approved. Say, reducing the copyright time, for starters.
This ? This is just a circus. Now, where is my bread ?
I fail to see your point here. So he has a blog, and tries to make some money with it. Then he writes something he think is worth sharing and, not only that, slashdot editors agree it is worth sharing. Then you add the fact that many of us use Firefox and NoScript and/or Adblock.
What is exactly your problem again ? Do you, per chance, have a blog and no one visits ?
I just visited the link, and saw absolutely no ads of any kind.
At least they had the balls to admit that something was wrong and try to take steps to fix it. It will be intresting to see if they recall the ones already sold.
I was going to comment on that too. I find it very decent of them to not only assuming there is a problem, but also taking off their site, even if it means they might be loosing business.
Keeping their clients' trust means much more than technical security, but also they can be trust to react correctly when an issue like this happens.
I know we should wait and see what they will do from now on but, so far, I have to praise their response.
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The ServerCD version of CentOS always take some time to show up.
That said, you can do a bare minimum install with CentOS 5 CD1 these days easily enough. Just select custom install, and deselect all package groups.
I think most of us will get IPv6 equipment when it was cheaper for the manufacture to not disable the feature in our standard IPv4 products
Care to clarify that ? How it is more expensive to manufacture IPv6 equipment than IPv4 ?
Memory ? IPv6 uses less memory than IPv4+NAT. Processing power ? Well within the limits of everything we have around. Again, IPv6 uses less processing than IPv4+NAT. The stack itself ? Implementing IPv6 is pretty much equivalent (amount of work) as implementing NAT, if not easier. Also, there are plenty of stack codes lying around.
The only reason manufacturer would choose to disable it is not confusing clients (how can barely understand IPv4, if at all).
That is where marketing people, usually so maligned around here, get into play. That is a name that would get discarded pretty fast.
And no, I'm not a marketing person. I do, however, have a couple in my payroll, exactly to avoid mistakes like that.
Ok, so they are not a commercial company, and won't loose money because of that. Well and good. But they could loose users. "What was that website again ? www.gaim.com ? www.pidgeon.im ? www.pidgon.im ? Bleh, I'll just use Kopete/Mercury/whatever then".
Like it or not, those store owners were being truthful. Piracy is killing the music industry. Not that the RIAA labels don't need to be put down like the lampreys they are, but the days of the giants are waning fast.
Lemme tell you why I started downloading music.
A few years back, I still used to buy CDs. Then suddenly I noticed that I buying a whole album to get a single music. So I was paying (in USA prices) US$ 16,00 for a single track.
I really don't mind paying $16 for a whole album is I want every single song on that album. I do mind, however, paying $16 for a single track, or even 2 or 3. (And Albums around here cost, taking in consideration both currency exchange and general cost of living, about $40).
Would you, how are saying they are right that piracy is killing the business, pay US$ 40 for a single song ?
I'm not even mentioning the fact that you would have to carry 100 or more CDs in your car to have the music you want, in the moment you want (instead of 1 or 2 MP3 CDs). And you can't even rip the CDs you legally own these days to listen in your car.
The only full albums I've got in the last 5 years are oldies (Eagles, Bettles etc). Those are still worth it, since you can get a album where you are willing to pay, if not for all, for most of the tracks.
Now, tell me again, how is killing the music business ?
Thankfully, around here we can still get Dell, HP and almost anything else with XP. Which sucks, since I would love mine to come with FreeDOS (their version of No OS) but, unfortunately, they (HP) only offer it on low end systems (Celeron/Sempron), and I'm getting a X2.
I totally agree. That is why I have my own domain since... humm... circa 1998, I suppose. Even if I moved the ISPs, I would keep the same e-mail address.
Now, thankfully, I have my own servers, so not even moving ISPs is an issue.
Dedicated servers are cheap enough these days. Anyone can have one.
Did CERN provide specific requirements for asymetric load bearing capacity? If there were no requirements provided to Fermilab, then it would seem to me to be a problem at the CERN end.
You see, this is the kind of "thinking" that really piss me off.
I'm pretty sure CERN didn't specific a requirement that the system should not turn into molten peanut butter is someone in a red dress walked by. But if that happened, Fermilab would have screwed up. No one is asking the system works under completely unrelated uses or circumstances here.
The project was not assigned for John Doe assembly line (which usually builds hair spray cans). It was assigned to someone that should (under reasonably expectations) know what they were doing.
1) Just because you can do it easily doesn't mean you can do it right 2) Have you ever tried using NDS ? 3) Try using Exim instead of sendmail. You can do the "configuration" in 2 minutes or less.
I hate LDAP as much as I hate Windows AD. Even tho I don't like Novell, NDS is still the best directory server around (when you want to handle multiple platforms). Btw, unless I'm much mistaken, Novell was the one to invent directory services in the first place.
(btw, my current setups all use mysql backends, not any kind of DS)
Instead of trying to decide on totally subjective matters like "when life starts", our efforts would be best spent giving more support to women who have unwanted pregnancies.
This is a very interesting point. Lemme propose another one. Is birth really the point where recognizable humanity starts ? One of the definitions of humanity is selfawareness. Is a 2 days old baby really selfaware ? Does it even have emotions, or what we see are only mechanical and biological reflexes ?
Maybe we've got it all wrong, and "recognizable humanity" only starts some days (months ?) after birth.
Then again, since we live in "a society of laws, not men", we do have to draw an specific line somewhere, and time of birth is as good as any, and better than most, even if somewhat arbitrary.
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(What are the odds) They can manage to "lose" the digital masters for every film Nicholas Cage has been in?
Not good enough.
You know, that is something that really piss me off.
Yes, I know many times it is not the programmers fault, and they have to be sloppy to be able to meet that stupid deadline. But, c'mon. Take a look at the system resources something like Beryl uses. Then take a look at whats-name Vista 3D crappy gui uses.
And I'm pretty sure Beryl could be even more efficient (tho I'm not sure if it would be worth the effort).
2GB to RUN an OS ? Tons of processing power (both CPU and GPU) to run a simple game ? I can understand beefy CPU needs for things like video encoding and cryptographic processing, along with a few other things. But most apps simply SHOULD NOT need that much resource. IT IS JUST PLAIN STUPID.
Actually (even tho I sense you were aiming for Funny), this is an evolutionary imperative (or something like that).
Our primitive ancestors who enjoyed (and could metabolize) sugar (and fat) were able to get much more energy into their bodies. They were better adapter to an environment where finding food/energy was difficult.
So yes, you ARE genetically predisposed to like sugars (and fat foods).
Does the phrase Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it" mean anything to you ?
Are we sure about that ? Yahoo has embraced some nasty practices before.
But I agree Google (based on what we see on AdSense) is the lesser of evils here.
Nope. As your question proves, this is the political process working for the political parties.
This proposal is so radical and extremist (fix everything with a single blow) that it will never be approved. However, the party that proposed will still be remembered as such, and many politicians will get reelected.
This is an obvious attempt to try and convince the people that they are working for them. Well, if it were, they would try using a more subtle tactic, something that did have a chance of getting approved. Say, reducing the copyright time, for starters.
This ? This is just a circus. Now, where is my bread ?
I fail to see your point here.
So he has a blog, and tries to make some money with it. Then he writes something he think is worth sharing and, not only that, slashdot editors agree it is worth sharing.
Then you add the fact that many of us use Firefox and NoScript and/or Adblock.
What is exactly your problem again ? Do you, per chance, have a blog and no one visits ?
I just visited the link, and saw absolutely no ads of any kind.
The ServerCD version of CentOS always take some time to show up.
That said, you can do a bare minimum install with CentOS 5 CD1 these days easily enough. Just select custom install, and deselect all package groups.
How about using yours ?
Xvid (upper X, lower "vid") is an specific codec implementation, provided under the GPL. Not xvid, or XVid, or even XViD.
You might also notice I didn't write "divx" on my post, but DivX.
That is EXACTLY why I posted to many links, so thank you for proving my case.
I find hard to believe they are adding Xvid, since Xvid is GPLed.
It is more likely they are adding DivX which, although generally serves the same purpose, is another different best.
Care to clarify that ? How it is more expensive to manufacture IPv6 equipment than IPv4 ?
Memory ? IPv6 uses less memory than IPv4+NAT.
Processing power ? Well within the limits of everything we have around. Again, IPv6 uses less processing than IPv4+NAT.
The stack itself ? Implementing IPv6 is pretty much equivalent (amount of work) as implementing NAT, if not easier. Also, there are plenty of stack codes lying around.
The only reason manufacturer would choose to disable it is not confusing clients (how can barely understand IPv4, if at all).
Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "just because I'm paranoid, doesn't mean no one is watching me", hum ?
That is where marketing people, usually so maligned around here, get into play.
That is a name that would get discarded pretty fast.
And no, I'm not a marketing person. I do, however, have a couple in my payroll, exactly to avoid mistakes like that.
Ok, so they are not a commercial company, and won't loose money because of that. Well and good. But they could loose users. "What was that website again ? www.gaim.com ? www.pidgeon.im ? www.pidgon.im ? Bleh, I'll just use Kopete/Mercury/whatever then".
Lemme tell you why I started downloading music.
A few years back, I still used to buy CDs. Then suddenly I noticed that I buying a whole album to get a single music. So I was paying (in USA prices) US$ 16,00 for a single track.
I really don't mind paying $16 for a whole album is I want every single song on that album. I do mind, however, paying $16 for a single track, or even 2 or 3. (And Albums around here cost, taking in consideration both currency exchange and general cost of living, about $40).
Would you, how are saying they are right that piracy is killing the business, pay US$ 40 for a single song ?
I'm not even mentioning the fact that you would have to carry 100 or more CDs in your car to have the music you want, in the moment you want (instead of 1 or 2 MP3 CDs). And you can't even rip the CDs you legally own these days to listen in your car.
The only full albums I've got in the last 5 years are oldies (Eagles, Bettles etc). Those are still worth it, since you can get a album where you are willing to pay, if not for all, for most of the tracks.
Now, tell me again, how is killing the music business ?
Thankfully, around here we can still get Dell, HP and almost anything else with XP.
Which sucks, since I would love mine to come with FreeDOS (their version of No OS) but,
unfortunately, they (HP) only offer it on low end systems (Celeron/Sempron), and I'm getting a X2.
I totally agree. That is why I have my own domain since ... humm ... circa 1998, I suppose. Even if I moved the ISPs, I would keep the same e-mail address.
Now, thankfully, I have my own servers, so not even moving ISPs is an issue.
Dedicated servers are cheap enough these days. Anyone can have one.
I would like to point compilers (at least, GNU make/gcc).
Having lots of core (and lots of RAM) really can save some serious time when building huge software trees.
You see, this is the kind of "thinking" that really piss me off.
I'm pretty sure CERN didn't specific a requirement that the system should not turn into molten peanut butter is someone in a red dress walked by. But if that happened, Fermilab would have screwed up. No one is asking the system works under completely unrelated uses or circumstances here.
The project was not assigned for John Doe assembly line (which usually builds hair spray cans). It was assigned to someone that should (under reasonably expectations) know what they were doing.
Humm, I won't even quote that one.
1) Just because you can do it easily doesn't mean you can do it right
2) Have you ever tried using NDS ?
3) Try using Exim instead of sendmail. You can do the "configuration" in 2 minutes or less.
I hate LDAP as much as I hate Windows AD. Even tho I don't like Novell, NDS is still the best directory server around (when you want to handle multiple platforms). Btw, unless I'm much mistaken, Novell was the one to invent directory services in the first place.
(btw, my current setups all use mysql backends, not any kind of DS)
Whoop, thank you for the tip, but I'm not in USA.
Also, I'm not building my own machines, but getting HP boxes.
Since I'll be buying some X2 3800+ computers soon, I'm really happy to hear that.
Show me a bowl that doesn't have a hole, and I'll show you a sphere.
I wish I had mod points. +100 insightful.
This is a very interesting point. Lemme propose another one.
Is birth really the point where recognizable humanity starts ? One of the definitions of humanity is selfawareness. Is a 2 days old baby really selfaware ? Does it even have emotions, or what we see are only mechanical and biological reflexes ?
Maybe we've got it all wrong, and "recognizable humanity" only starts some days (months ?) after birth.
Then again, since we live in "a society of laws, not men", we do have to draw an specific line somewhere, and time of birth is as good as any, and better than most, even if somewhat arbitrary.