Rebuttal of the "RFTA, it's distributed" responses
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Please apply 5 seconds' thought before getting all distributed up in my hizzizzy.
For this service to be popular, Real People will have to use it, not just you, me and him over there.
For Real People to use it, it will need to Just Work, First Time.
To Just Work, First Time, it needs to rely on having a reliable server/seeder/aggregator/gateway present 100% of the time. Let's call it a metaserver, although it's just semantics. There needs to be one place where every peer goes to find out where other peers are.
Who's going to run that default metaserver? Well, duh. The authors will run it.
When - not if, when - they go Dark Side and release a client that injects ads or collates data, who's going to switch to a fork clients and a different metaserver and protocol version? That's right: you, and me, and him over there. Not Real People.
If this takes off, then 99% of users will treat it exactly as they do Facebook, as a service that can (and will, eventually) do pretty much what it wants to them. Its success is predicated on being used by Real People, not you, me and him over there.
You may now commence your explanations of why this time, it will be different, and Real People will care about the things that you, me and him over there care about. I apologise for the interruption.
So, hey, Moonbat Mothers Against Everything, ball's in your court. When's the last time your lobbyists took me out to lunch, in a nice dark private restaurant? I could really go for a bucket of caviare-and-non-sequential-bills right now.
When we run out of cheap, easy energy sources, the "new culture " is going to be based on grabbing what's left, same as every "old culture" we've ever had.
We can choose two futures: Star Trek, or Mad Max. The difference is availability of energy.
Flights? You technophile monster. Gaia demands that we make a raft by lashing them together with hemp, then throw them in the sea and give them a shove to get them started.
You know that oil well that just blew out? Well, nobody is saying that BP are using pirated software, and nobody is saying that they ain't, but has anyone seen the original box and proof of purchase? Have you?
You may now all skip even pretending to read the article and do what you do best: use a car analogy to explain why duplicating kiddie porn isn't theft, unless the Government does it.
>>... would you really want to read a cogently argued article
>> that garnered nothing but "Yup" and "Seems right" responses?
>After 20 years on the 'net, I'd be curious to see something like that just for the novelty value.
Pfft, surely you remember nodding along to the McCahill comp.infosystems.gopher post shredded that upstart Berners-Lee and his unpronouncable "Haitch Tee Tee Pee" nonsense?
Well, I for one like this new egalitarian Slashdot that will publish any random moonbat's frothy diatribe purely in order to troll us into dissecting it.
We bite every time, but isn't that how we like it? Be honest now, would you really want to read a cogently argued article that garnered nothing but "Yup" and "Seems right" responses?
Try to be more optimistic - we may get efficient photovoltaic around the time we get commercial fusion power. You know, 20 years in the future (always).
Personally, I'd rather have the browser go faster than look faster.
First, the article says "seem", not "look".
Second, are you sitting there with a stopwatch, shrieking "Ah hah! Caught you! I was happier because you seemed faster, but the evidence conclusively proves that I should instead be miserable. Miserable and angry."
If so, then you have enough time on your hands that browser speed isn't your top concern.
I don't remember anyone who has ever moved to the Right.
That's because Democrat Presidents tend to nominate moderates (with an occasional joke Marxist stalking horse so that they can then put forward a "compromise"), while Republican Presidents offer the Senate a choice between Ghengis Scalia or Attila the Thomas.
Purlease, her entire appointment is a troll. A Jewish lesbian liberal chickenhawk, who believes that Constitutional rights are utterly inviolate, unless you've been Naughty?
Right now, Congress could pass the Protecting Americans' Rights to Marry their Gay Pets Act and it would run as a side-bar to the Kagan Op-Ed on page 14.
That squicking noise you're hearing is political talking heads and late night comedians the length and breadth of the nation literally creaming their pants. Warm gushes of pure joy as their jobs are secured for the next 3 months.
Synopsis of the candidate: the rule of law is like, the foundation of our society and stuff, and should totally apply to absolutely everyone except for Bad People.
Not, let me grab some popcorn before the shrieking begins from both sides. What a perfect compromise candidate - everyone will hate her.
Oh, please. Gordo will promise Clegg anything he asks for, including his own head on a platter, then renege and slope off out the back door to the lecture and consultancy circuit when the knives finally come out. He learned at the feet of Blair, remember?
No winner under a First Past the Post system will ever allow electoral change. They could not possibly gain anything from it. So Clegg will get his worthless promises from Brown, and when Brown goes in 6 months, a year, or whenever they pry his carcase out Number 10, the wheels will come off the wagon.
Worst case, there's another election. Note very carefully: Labour (collectively and individually) cannot do worse in that election than they would under any other system, and they may do better than they did last week. They have no incentive at all to introduce reform. You might as well ask turkeys to vote for Christmas.
What we're seeing right now isn't negotiation for government, it's the lull before the next round of electioneering begins.
If the LibDems cause this hung parliament to end in disarray and finger pointing, how does that make the case for PR, which will inevitably result in hung parliaments? But it will end that way if they get in bed with the Tories, since the LibDem Fußsoldat will insist on election reform.
They have to compromise in order to show that what they want is workable. But if they compromise, they won't get what they want. Sucks to be them.
Incidentally, the idea that a Labour-led government will actually implement any election reform is so risible that it doesn't even bear considering. They'll just totter along for 6 months until the wheels come off, then hope for a majority in another winner-takes-all election, rather than guaranteeing that they become a bit part in an eternal coalition.
I guess when the real problems - massive registration fraud and block voting on the orders of local criminals - are too difficult to deal with, all you've got left is inventing wacky "10 minutes alone with a bag full of hardware" attacks that would work just as well on paper ballots, with a lot less preparation.
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Please apply 5 seconds' thought before getting all distributed up in my hizzizzy.
For this service to be popular, Real People will have to use it, not just you, me and him over there.
For Real People to use it, it will need to Just Work, First Time.
To Just Work, First Time, it needs to rely on having a reliable server/seeder/aggregator/gateway present 100% of the time. Let's call it a metaserver, although it's just semantics. There needs to be one place where every peer goes to find out where other peers are.
Who's going to run that default metaserver? Well, duh. The authors will run it.
When - not if, when - they go Dark Side and release a client that injects ads or collates data, who's going to switch to a fork clients and a different metaserver and protocol version? That's right: you, and me, and him over there. Not Real People.
If this takes off, then 99% of users will treat it exactly as they do Facebook, as a service that can (and will, eventually) do pretty much what it wants to them. Its success is predicated on being used by Real People, not you, me and him over there.
You may now commence your explanations of why this time, it will be different, and Real People will care about the things that you, me and him over there care about. I apologise for the interruption.
I do not think it means what you think it means.
Apple hardware is being found, in the same way you can find a wallet, if the owner doesn't notice your hand in their pocket.
So, hey, Moonbat Mothers Against Everything, ball's in your court. When's the last time your lobbyists took me out to lunch, in a nice dark private restaurant? I could really go for a bucket of caviare-and-non-sequential-bills right now.
When we run out of cheap, easy energy sources, the "new culture " is going to be based on grabbing what's left, same as every "old culture" we've ever had.
We can choose two futures: Star Trek, or Mad Max. The difference is availability of energy.
Flights? You technophile monster. Gaia demands that we make a raft by lashing them together with hemp, then throw them in the sea and give them a shove to get them started.
You know that oil well that just blew out? Well, nobody is saying that BP are using pirated software, and nobody is saying that they ain't, but has anyone seen the original box and proof of purchase? Have you?
You may now all skip even pretending to read the article and do what you do best: use a car analogy to explain why duplicating kiddie porn isn't theft, unless the Government does it.
I'd be more worried about the giant radioactive iguanas. Let's try to keep our priorities straight.
>> ... would you really want to read a cogently argued article
>> that garnered nothing but "Yup" and "Seems right" responses?
>After 20 years on the 'net, I'd be curious to see something like that just for the novelty value.
Pfft, surely you remember nodding along to the McCahill comp.infosystems.gopher post shredded that upstart Berners-Lee and his unpronouncable "Haitch Tee Tee Pee" nonsense?
Well, I for one like this new egalitarian Slashdot that will publish any random moonbat's frothy diatribe purely in order to troll us into dissecting it.
We bite every time, but isn't that how we like it? Be honest now, would you really want to read a cogently argued article that garnered nothing but "Yup" and "Seems right" responses?
Try to be more optimistic - we may get efficient photovoltaic around the time we get commercial fusion power. You know, 20 years in the future (always).
First, the article says "seem", not "look".
Second, are you sitting there with a stopwatch, shrieking "Ah hah! Caught you! I was happier because you seemed faster, but the evidence conclusively proves that I should instead be miserable. Miserable and angry."
If so, then you have enough time on your hands that browser speed isn't your top concern.
That's because Democrat Presidents tend to nominate moderates (with an occasional joke Marxist stalking horse so that they can then put forward a "compromise"), while Republican Presidents offer the Senate a choice between Ghengis Scalia or Attila the Thomas.
Purlease, her entire appointment is a troll. A Jewish lesbian liberal chickenhawk, who believes that Constitutional rights are utterly inviolate, unless you've been Naughty?
Right now, Congress could pass the Protecting Americans' Rights to Marry their Gay Pets Act and it would run as a side-bar to the Kagan Op-Ed on page 14.
Honda just gets on with implementing it. Oh, look, it's even got an automobile analogy: Asimo just did a drive-by on your research.
Your employer is (very likely) paying you out of my tax money. I - and you, and her, and everyone else - owns that code, not them.
Sir, my honour is impugned. I shower quite regularly.
Well, 10.10 will be like that, only for people who aren't thieves.
Ooh, ooh, I heard this one. Then they turned around and the nurse was right there in the back seat, and she had a hook for a hand!
That squicking noise you're hearing is political talking heads and late night comedians the length and breadth of the nation literally creaming their pants. Warm gushes of pure joy as their jobs are secured for the next 3 months.
Synopsis of the candidate: the rule of law is like, the foundation of our society and stuff, and should totally apply to absolutely everyone except for Bad People.
Not, let me grab some popcorn before the shrieking begins from both sides. What a perfect compromise candidate - everyone will hate her.
Oh, please. Gordo will promise Clegg anything he asks for, including his own head on a platter, then renege and slope off out the back door to the lecture and consultancy circuit when the knives finally come out. He learned at the feet of Blair, remember?
No winner under a First Past the Post system will ever allow electoral change. They could not possibly gain anything from it. So Clegg will get his worthless promises from Brown, and when Brown goes in 6 months, a year, or whenever they pry his carcase out Number 10, the wheels will come off the wagon.
Worst case, there's another election. Note very carefully: Labour (collectively and individually) cannot do worse in that election than they would under any other system, and they may do better than they did last week. They have no incentive at all to introduce reform. You might as well ask turkeys to vote for Christmas.
What we're seeing right now isn't negotiation for government, it's the lull before the next round of electioneering begins.
If the LibDems cause this hung parliament to end in disarray and finger pointing, how does that make the case for PR, which will inevitably result in hung parliaments? But it will end that way if they get in bed with the Tories, since the LibDem Fußsoldat will insist on election reform.
They have to compromise in order to show that what they want is workable. But if they compromise, they won't get what they want. Sucks to be them.
Incidentally, the idea that a Labour-led government will actually implement any election reform is so risible that it doesn't even bear considering. They'll just totter along for 6 months until the wheels come off, then hope for a majority in another winner-takes-all election, rather than guaranteeing that they become a bit part in an eternal coalition.
I guess when the real problems - massive registration fraud and block voting on the orders of local criminals - are too difficult to deal with, all you've got left is inventing wacky "10 minutes alone with a bag full of hardware" attacks that would work just as well on paper ballots, with a lot less preparation.
Playing their damn hoppity-hip music way too loud on their iWalkPods, and will they please get off his lawn, he ain't going to ask them again.
Fixed that for them. AFAICT, the only biological attacks in the USA have been made by Federal employees.