Finally, I personally find it difficult to understand why one would want to put their full
trust in the conclusions of a system that is constantly guessing itself.
Well, unless I'm misintepreting, you're putting your full trust in it every time you step into a car, fly in an airplane or use the computer;-) Still, even though the laws of aerodynamics my prove to be "bankrupt" tomorrow, planes still fly.
The important aspect of Science is that it is falsifiable, i.e. it has to be able to stand up to scrutiny - measurements could be done that would disprove a theory and it would be rejected.
The problem with religion in general is that by its definition, it doesn't allow scrutiny as this means a one-way ticket to Hell -- correct me if I'm wrong please!
Science only has to be consistent with itself and measurable reality - this leads to such things as computers (that you have used to communicate your message), cars, planes, etc. Planes need science to fly, not prayers (although many people do this just to be on the safe side;-))
If you are religious, then you should probably believe that Science is a study of the works of the creation of God and therefore a form of the most hands-on and practical spiritual activities;-) If you disagree with science, then don't drive a car!
Well, there is another factor as well: the OS is open. I think this is a major issue for a government - it's a rather strange situation for your government secrets to be stored on machines that are run by a closed system delivered by a foreign company that may or may not be cooperating in snooping.
I would hope, btw, that such deployment would have as a direct effect that much more work will be done on improving linux desktop capabilities and speeds... the speeds I'm getting on default installations is not very motivating.
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I wonder.. am I the only one who reloaded his page a couple times to see how quickly the visitor number at the bottom increased as a result of the slashdot effect?:-)
So if the research of IBM is included in what we consider 'Linux' (but not necessarily included in the stock kernel), I guess the argument could be made that Linux scales better to a large number of processors than any other operating system.
Of course there are these controversial tests about low-end systems with just a handful of processors, but we can consider that the noise margin.
Well, since their business *depends* on Google and they earn money thanks to (and at the expense of?) Google, it seems that Google might have a case at suing SearchKing to give them a share of the money that Google could have earned by allowing paid increases of link priorities. Since they have not done so (thereby dramatically increasing their integrity and popularity), it seems very unfair that other companies should do it instead of them and even profit from it.
Exactly, Google can do whatever they please with their algorithm. It's *their* site. A mistake that people often make it that online places that are avialable to the public are similar to real life public environments in the sense that they have certain rights there. The difference is that online public environments are usually privately owned, whereas real-world public environments are usually paid for by tax dollars. The worst that google can be blamed (but not sued) for would be that they don't do as they say they do... but that's not relevant here. As long as they don't do slander, etc.. there can't really be a basis for lawsuits.
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Agreed. Or in other words: your right to free speech end at my front door. It's interesting to see people use 'free speech' as a blanket protection for all sorts of activities intuitively seen as bad. The right to free speech is directly coupled to the right of telling a person to shut up. If I install filters, then it's an obvious way of saying I'm not interested in a person's "opinion", something that is not so unreasonable, considering that that opinion usually includes ways of cheating me out of money, getting me to sign up to bogus pr0n sites, etc.
Using the free speech argument is like breaking into someone's home and leaving notes behind with your opinion. Free speech is okay, as long as you respect the "KEEP OUT" signs... and including NOSPAM in my address doesn't leave room to much interpretation.
I think it depends. There are two general scenarios to consider:
1) There is both a hotspot and global-coverage technology, offering about the same service, but the latter is (somewhat) more expensive.
2) There is relatively cheap hotspot technology without a clear alternative even remotely comparable in price.
It seems that at the present time, the second scenario is realistic. Since wifi meets a demand, there will be people using it. The question is, however, how this trend will grow if there are globally covered alternatives in a comparable order of price. Plenty of people might consider using a more uniformly covered service for the sake of ease and simplicity.
If you assume GSM to be hotspot based (with very big spots) and compare it to Iridium phones, then you see that the price being at least one order of magnitude greater (and some other factors) leads to failure.
The current Euro currency is supported by 306M people, which excluded the UK. So I guess if you include the UK and a few eastern european countries as well, you'd get well over 400 million. So there's plenty of people caring. Conversely, that's also plenty of people not caring about the original poster's comment:-)
I recall there used to be a rabbit-like thing in The Netherlands a while back with hot spots near train stations, etc. It kind of died as gsm phones provide global coverage. I don't think any hotspot-based technology will really survive, unless it's significantly cheap.
Well, from the looks of it, it's a rather large (4 meg) file. Assuming 100k slashdot users download it, you'll get 400 GB of data transfer... I hope you have a good agreement with your provider;-)
I don't see how engaging in genocide constitutes valid 'actions'. What was proposed was blind and very racist genocide. Like was said, the things that happened were bad and deserve a strong reaction, but racism is not the answer.
Well, if you have a problem with popup windows on the sites you mentioned or even on other types of sites, a smart idea may be to turn your javascript settings off prior to engaging in the activity.
What I was saying (apparently not too clearly) was basically that I don't find it acceptable that others push me around. Be that in RL or online. Forget the term 'legally earned rights' - it was ill chosen. Apparently you either like being pushed around or you like pushing people around.
What if someone told you you weren't allowed to post on slashdot? In fact, that person would mount DoS attack against slashdot (ok, already happened). Would that be acceptable? I mean, you can find another news-link site, right? Would you tell the slashdot readers to just go somewhere else?
And yes, I have a (shared) 10mbit line leading into my house that I in fact pay nothing for. It's not a constitutional right here, but I'm glad I have the access:-)
Jerry Springer on the other hand should be outlawed.
I agree, but with some changes. There should be some central place that keeps track of global player IDs (gives privacy concerns though) that can be used on any game server.
Then, when that player misbehaves on a server, they can blacklist the player ID, which seems far more effective than blocking ip ranges.
The obvious way to get around it would be to get another ID, but that costs money. In this system, players would have to PAY to cheat, creating a win-win situation.
Verification of the player ID on (potentially non trusted) servers could be with some challenge response method to the central ID network.
You know why? What you are suggesting is that we let our gaming experiences be governed by those who cheat. Someone cheats -> you go away. What if in the other game someone cheats too (a likely possibility it seems), you go away too. What if there are no more places to go to? What if you built up stats on a server? Just give them up then?
To me, it would seem far more effective to send the cheater away than the perhaps dozen honest players.
I do not find it acceptable at all that others determine for me what I can an cannot do within the boundaries of my legally earned rights.
Blocking ips doesn't work. Cheaters can often easily find new ips to login from. Also blocking ips of cheaters means you will be blocking ips of non-cheaters too.
Well, you'd have only the shape basically. The taste would be the same as for a block of this material.
It would be different if you had different (edible) materials, so you can determine the taste and variation more easily. The end result would always be quite artificial, but it might be cool to eat something that looks and tastes like a certain product.
I do imagine construction might pose problems, though.
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Well, unless I'm misintepreting, you're putting your full trust in it every time you step into a car, fly in an airplane or use the computer ;-) Still, even though the laws of aerodynamics my prove to be "bankrupt" tomorrow, planes still fly.
Moz.
The important aspect of Science is that it is falsifiable, i.e. it has to be able to stand up to scrutiny - measurements could be done that would disprove a theory and it would be rejected.
;-))
;-) If you disagree with science, then don't drive a car!
The problem with religion in general is that by its definition, it doesn't allow scrutiny as this means a one-way ticket to Hell -- correct me if I'm wrong please!
Science only has to be consistent with itself and measurable reality - this leads to such things as computers (that you have used to communicate your message), cars, planes, etc. Planes need science to fly, not prayers (although many people do this just to be on the safe side
If you are religious, then you should probably believe that Science is a study of the works of the creation of God and therefore a form of the most hands-on and practical spiritual activities
Well, there is another factor as well: the OS is open. I think this is a major issue for a government - it's a rather strange situation for your government secrets to be stored on machines that are run by a closed system delivered by a foreign company that may or may not be cooperating in snooping.
I would hope, btw, that such deployment would have as a direct effect that much more work will be done on improving linux desktop capabilities and speeds... the speeds I'm getting on default installations is not very motivating.
I wonder.. am I the only one who reloaded his page a couple times to see how quickly the visitor number at the bottom increased as a result of the slashdot effect? :-)
Cheers,
Moz.
So if the research of IBM is included in what we consider 'Linux' (but not necessarily included in the stock kernel), I guess the argument could be made that Linux scales better to a large number of processors than any other operating system.
Of course there are these controversial tests about low-end systems with just a handful of processors, but we can consider that the noise margin.
Well, since their business *depends* on Google and they earn money thanks to (and at the expense of?) Google, it seems that Google might have a case at suing SearchKing to give them a share of the money that Google could have earned by allowing paid increases of link priorities. Since they have not done so (thereby dramatically increasing their integrity and popularity), it seems very unfair that other companies should do it instead of them and even profit from it.
Exactly, Google can do whatever they please with their algorithm. It's *their* site. A mistake that people often make it that online places that are avialable to the public are similar to real life public environments in the sense that they have certain rights there. The difference is that online public environments are usually privately owned, whereas real-world public environments are usually paid for by tax dollars. The worst that google can be blamed (but not sued) for would be that they don't do as they say they do... but that's not relevant here. As long as they don't do slander, etc.. there can't really be a basis for lawsuits.
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Looks like someone was displeased with the traffic...
Agreed. Or in other words: your right to free speech end at my front door. It's interesting to see people use 'free speech' as a blanket protection for all sorts of activities intuitively seen as bad. The right to free speech is directly coupled to the right of telling a person to shut up. If I install filters, then it's an obvious way of saying I'm not interested in a person's "opinion", something that is not so unreasonable, considering that that opinion usually includes ways of cheating me out of money, getting me to sign up to bogus pr0n sites, etc.
Using the free speech argument is like breaking into someone's home and leaving notes behind with your opinion. Free speech is okay, as long as you respect the "KEEP OUT" signs... and including NOSPAM in my address doesn't leave room to much interpretation.
I think it depends. There are two general scenarios to consider:
1) There is both a hotspot and global-coverage technology, offering about the same service, but the latter is (somewhat) more expensive.
2) There is relatively cheap hotspot technology without a clear alternative even remotely comparable in price.
It seems that at the present time, the second scenario is realistic. Since wifi meets a demand, there will be people using it. The question is, however, how this trend will grow if there are globally covered alternatives in a comparable order of price. Plenty of people might consider using a more uniformly covered service for the sake of ease and simplicity.
If you assume GSM to be hotspot based (with very big spots) and compare it to Iridium phones, then you see that the price being at least one order of magnitude greater (and some other factors) leads to failure.
The current Euro currency is supported by 306M people, which excluded the UK. So I guess if you include the UK and a few eastern european countries as well, you'd get well over 400 million. So there's plenty of people caring. Conversely, that's also plenty of people not caring about the original poster's comment :-)
I recall there used to be a rabbit-like thing in The Netherlands a while back with hot spots near train stations, etc. It kind of died as gsm phones provide global coverage. I don't think any hotspot-based technology will really survive, unless it's significantly cheap.
Well, from the looks of it, it's a rather large (4 meg) file. Assuming 100k slashdot users download it, you'll get 400 GB of data transfer... I hope you have a good agreement with your provider ;-)
Moz.
I don't see how engaging in genocide constitutes valid 'actions'. What was proposed was blind and very racist genocide. Like was said, the things that happened were bad and deserve a strong reaction, but racism is not the answer.
Well, if you have a problem with popup windows on the sites you mentioned or even on other types of sites, a smart idea may be to turn your javascript settings off prior to engaging in the activity.
Moz.
Well, an interesting poll might be: "how often has your web server been probed for ISS vulnerabities"?
My web server (listening to 10 ips) has been probed exactly 7623 times. Pretty stupid, since I don't even run IIS. Oh well....
Moz.
Does anyone know how the speed of this system would compare to one using SCSI drives instead of IDE drives?
Uhm... you missed the point, mate.
:-)
What I was saying (apparently not too clearly) was basically that I don't find it acceptable that others push me around. Be that in RL or online. Forget the term 'legally earned rights' - it was ill chosen. Apparently you either like being pushed around or you like pushing people around.
What if someone told you you weren't allowed to post on slashdot? In fact, that person would mount DoS attack against slashdot (ok, already happened). Would that be acceptable? I mean, you can find another news-link site, right? Would you tell the slashdot readers to just go somewhere else?
And yes, I have a (shared) 10mbit line leading into my house that I in fact pay nothing for. It's not a constitutional right here, but I'm glad I have the access
Jerry Springer on the other hand should be outlawed.
Moz.
I agree, but with some changes. There should be some central place that keeps track of global player IDs (gives privacy concerns though) that can be used on any game server.
Then, when that player misbehaves on a server, they can blacklist the player ID, which seems far more effective than blocking ip ranges.
The obvious way to get around it would be to get another ID, but that costs money. In this system, players would have to PAY to cheat, creating a win-win situation.
Verification of the player ID on (potentially non trusted) servers could be with some challenge response method to the central ID network.
Just some ideas....
This is BS
Say that slowly: THIS IS BS
You know why? What you are suggesting is that we let our gaming experiences be governed by those who cheat. Someone cheats -> you go away. What if in the other game someone cheats too (a likely possibility it seems), you go away too. What if there are no more places to go to? What if you built up stats on a server? Just give them up then?
To me, it would seem far more effective to send the cheater away than the perhaps dozen honest players.
I do not find it acceptable at all that others determine for me what I can an cannot do within the boundaries of my legally earned rights.
Blocking ips doesn't work. Cheaters can often easily find new ips to login from. Also blocking ips of cheaters means you will be blocking ips of non-cheaters too.
Well, you'd have only the shape basically. The taste would be the same as for a block of this material.
It would be different if you had different (edible) materials, so you can determine the taste and variation more easily. The end result would always be quite artificial, but it might be cool to eat something that looks and tastes like a certain product.
I do imagine construction might pose problems, though.
Moz.
Perhaps he "fabbed" a few ;-)
Moz.
Well, I did try to run Enlightenment on a 486 a long time ago. While it wasn't _that_ slow, it really cluttered up my small display ;-)
I was really happy to go back to fvwm after that experience.
Moz.
Cool. Looks like you work at a nice place. I'm jealous ;-) I really miss Nerf Wars :-(
Moz.