Well, there's also the feature on the user comment preferences page that should take care of the ACs all together by letting you set their default score into negative territory, but for some reason Taco & crew haven't actually implemented this, they just want you to think they have.
That's the way to stick to the man, Bruce! We don't need some "project manager" telling us what's good for us! Let's just commit anything and everything that we can, because we are always right, right?
Coherent code is for morons. Especially if it works without crashing and corrupting all your data.
The alternatives are everybody gets crappy bandwidth because of the hogs, surprise bills, or the provider folds.
Exactly how will charging the bandwidth hogs extra money for extra use make the bandwidth crappy for everybody? Besides, these aren't going to be "surprise bills." If you're running Morpheus 24/7 and downloading huge divx movies, then you can reasonably expect to get slapped with a fee. It should hardly be a surprise. If you're Joe Blow and you like to browse the internet a lot, it still won't affect you, since it still only takes a fraction of the bandwidth of a continuous, high-speed file download.
So you're basically calling for an end to burstable bandwidth? Because you know that, given a choice between upgrading their upstream capacity to handle the current bandwidth capacity of their clients, or just taking down their clients' bandwidth capabilities, they'll always do the latter (it's cheaper, after all).
People here seem to forget that burstable bandwidth is a hell of a lot better than no bandwidth at all. People like you who abuse the bandwidth "just because they can't stop you" will probably make us all have to pay out the ass if we don't want to get stuck with 128kbps up/down. Thanks a lot.
Hey, fucktard, do you think you're contributing anything by repeating exactly what's been said in every other article on this topic to be posted on Slashdot?
Clearly, we have stumbled upon the fact that, like self governance, humans are by nature too incompetant to code for themselves. Therefore, I propose that we create an AI for the sole purpose of writing all our code so that we no longer have to suffer through gaping security holes introduced every time a human writes code.
Just to be on the safe side, we should probably outlaw compilers too. There's no telling what a malicious hacker might be able to do when he has hacking tools like gcc to write deliberately insecure code and run it on machines.
And guess what? You haven't any points to mod with, Mr. Anonymous Shitbag. Guess the people with balls enough to log in get to pick what's on topic in a thread on geek food.
This "article" by Cringley looks like marketing copy from this Rainmaker Technologies company. Just to quote some particularly glaring examples:
Rainmaker's is a compelling argument for cable operators who can see their infrastructure lasting years longer than they ever hoped. Suddenly, the fight over whether and how to carry HDTV is over at the same time that wavelet modulation enables new services at both the top and bottom of the digital food chain. Ten gigabits-per-second would make possible practical videoconferencing with high quality video at the same time that wavelet modulation's lower power requirements would support lifeline voice-over-IP telephone service even after the power goes out.
Really, does this guy have any shame? And what's all this about astroturfing for M$'s.NET initiative? It really isn't all that great, dude. You're just a marketing dupe.
...why don't the interested people just keep track of this guy's website. I mean, this is Slashdot, not the Robert X. Cringley Promotion Site. I mean, when it gets to the point where Slashdot posts him everytime he writes something new, it's a wonder that they don't just offer him a position on the editorial staff.
I'm a lawyer also, and you, sir, have no idea what you're talking about. I've served on a state Supreme Court (I will not mention which one right now) for several years now and I can tell you, in no uncertain terms, that Robert Bork is just barely involved in the area of anti-trust law.
Bork's right-of-conservative political views have severely clouded his judgement in the past on such issues, and, as a Republican, has made many pro-business decisions. Take the case Jones vs. State of Arkansas. Clearly, there was substancial precedent and constitutional law behind that case that should have made the decision rather clear-cut, and yet, as a Justice, he ruled in favor, once again, of big business. He simply can't be viewed as a non-biased legal mind.
While it is all well and good for one's online publication to sport an interview with a big name such as Bork (hey, who doesn't remember the fight to prevent him from his eventual appointment?), it is ultimately meaningless. Perhaps when they can wrangle an interview with someone such as Stephen Breyer or Ruth Bader Ginsburg, I will be impressed. Until then, I will continue to marvel at the ability of the Slashdot community to swallow absolutely anything that comes out of the mouth of anyone who even claims expertise in a field. Hook, line and sinker.
Now if they had only done this as recently as 10 years ago, then they and us might actually have gotten some real economic value out of this.
Oh yes, tons of economic benefits, like not being able to sell squat because they give their product away for free! Sheesh, you people are so dense. Just because the isolated community of GNU/hippies/pirates applauds a company when they give away their hard work for free doesn't mean that it makes good business sense.
Just never forget, people invest money to make money. RedHat, as a public company, is certainly no exception to the rule, and they will take profits over ideology any day. Look for a buyout, because it will happen if AOL is really interested.
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Oh, by the way, don't bother trying to drag your ass into #trolls. You're banned for fucking up my -1 browsing.
Well, there's also the feature on the user comment preferences page that should take care of the ACs all together by letting you set their default score into negative territory, but for some reason Taco & crew haven't actually implemented this, they just want you to think they have.
Don't you just love open source?
It gives a whole new meaning to the Blue Screen of Death :-)))))) ROFL!
If your post is 1 character long, then yes.
Coherent code is for morons. Especially if it works without crashing and corrupting all your data.
Exactly how will charging the bandwidth hogs extra money for extra use make the bandwidth crappy for everybody? Besides, these aren't going to be "surprise bills." If you're running Morpheus 24/7 and downloading huge divx movies, then you can reasonably expect to get slapped with a fee. It should hardly be a surprise. If you're Joe Blow and you like to browse the internet a lot, it still won't affect you, since it still only takes a fraction of the bandwidth of a continuous, high-speed file download.
People here seem to forget that burstable bandwidth is a hell of a lot better than no bandwidth at all. People like you who abuse the bandwidth "just because they can't stop you" will probably make us all have to pay out the ass if we don't want to get stuck with 128kbps up/down. Thanks a lot.
Viva la revolucion!
You are my hero!
People, were talking $80 Canadian. That's like, what, $5 US?
Actually, it reminds me more of Deus Ex.
Because life isn't all positive? Take the good with the bad, you pussy.
Hey, fucktard, do you think you're contributing anything by repeating exactly what's been said in every other article on this topic to be posted on Slashdot?
That's not funny, that's stupid. Why don't you come up with something even remotely original?
Just to be on the safe side, we should probably outlaw compilers too. There's no telling what a malicious hacker might be able to do when he has hacking tools like gcc to write deliberately insecure code and run it on machines.
And guess what? You haven't any points to mod with, Mr. Anonymous Shitbag. Guess the people with balls enough to log in get to pick what's on topic in a thread on geek food.
Remember, if it turns the wall clear, it's OK to eat.
Really, does this guy have any shame? And what's all this about astroturfing for M$'s .NET initiative? It really isn't all that great, dude. You're just a marketing dupe.
Sorry to break it to you, but my HP-49G already popped your TI-89's cherry in a dark back alley after a party last weekend.
...why don't the interested people just keep track of this guy's website. I mean, this is Slashdot, not the Robert X. Cringley Promotion Site. I mean, when it gets to the point where Slashdot posts him everytime he writes something new, it's a wonder that they don't just offer him a position on the editorial staff.
...if I got my tremendous penis stuck in a digital time machine?
Bork's right-of-conservative political views have severely clouded his judgement in the past on such issues, and, as a Republican, has made many pro-business decisions. Take the case Jones vs. State of Arkansas. Clearly, there was substancial precedent and constitutional law behind that case that should have made the decision rather clear-cut, and yet, as a Justice, he ruled in favor, once again, of big business. He simply can't be viewed as a non-biased legal mind.
While it is all well and good for one's online publication to sport an interview with a big name such as Bork (hey, who doesn't remember the fight to prevent him from his eventual appointment?), it is ultimately meaningless. Perhaps when they can wrangle an interview with someone such as Stephen Breyer or Ruth Bader Ginsburg, I will be impressed. Until then, I will continue to marvel at the ability of the Slashdot community to swallow absolutely anything that comes out of the mouth of anyone who even claims expertise in a field. Hook, line and sinker.
Oh yes, tons of economic benefits, like not being able to sell squat because they give their product away for free! Sheesh, you people are so dense. Just because the isolated community of GNU/hippies/pirates applauds a company when they give away their hard work for free doesn't mean that it makes good business sense.
Just never forget, people invest money to make money. RedHat, as a public company, is certainly no exception to the rule, and they will take profits over ideology any day. Look for a buyout, because it will happen if AOL is really interested.