So if it does slow things down, it's only because it's finding bugs that would otherwise bite later on.
I don't think that is the only possible reason; if Mozilla is going to work in this project, it will require time from developers, administrators (bugzilla etc.) and management. This may lead to a situation where less mannpower is available for other projects. I'm not saying this will happen, but it's a possibility.
Yes, but that they're going to start a calendar-project doesn't mean that it will slow the mozilla-development. In theory... I sure hope they keep these things seperated. In my opinion they should also have separated the browser from the mail&news-client etc.
Exactly! But his other point is rather interesting, though: In fact, the programmers that I've seen use exceptions tend to be less careful than those that simply check result codes.
This is also my expierience (Java); since exceptions are all children of the Exception object, it's rather attractive to throw all the code in one huge try-catch-clause that catches an Exception because it's `for temporarily use only'. Well and then the new version is cancelled and you're stuck with all your error handling in one place...blablabla
Here it is. And it says (Article #1 of the First amendment to the constitution of the USA): Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
So what's this DMCA about? IANAL, but I can see really clearly tell what it's doing to Alan Cox here. abridging freedom of speech. If I were an american I'd be ashamed of it...but I'm not one. I live in a free country.
Maybe give SapDB a try? It's Open Source, stable and definately not a toy. I don't know how it compares to Oracle or Sybase, though (since I haven't used it yet:P).
Sounds like the SSSCA might be a good reason for applying for political asylum in free countries. Probably the DMCA is so as well. Maybe someone has to try that in order to wake your government up. Oh wait...they don't care about their citicens. Only about their corporations. And corporations cannot apply for asylum. Too bad.
An automatic cleaning system (windshield wipers?:)) would be much cheaper. Besides...i don't think they would get that dirty; I'm pretty sure such systems are in use today already. I know of at least one project here in the Netherlands where systems like this are used to heat water (for showering etc.) and to generate electricity.
Besides I thought I read somewhere that solar cells currently cost more (energy) to produce than they will generate in a long time. But this may get better. Sorry I can't find a link. I'm having a bad google day I guess. Does someone have a better google day? Or just more knowledge on this?
The one major problem with POP3 in my opinion, is that it requires sending a cleartext password. MS seems to have solved this (?) so if they're forcing people to use it, people will most certainly manage to recreate it and we might have SPA available everywere. Not exactly the right way for a "standard", but it's better than nothing. But then again...all the email is probably still sent unencrypted (which is why I don't use POP). Why is POP still used at all anyway...:(
No! Don't hang up! First take your time to convince them you're totally nude and then start talking about all the filthy things you'd like to do. Just keep them on the line as long as possible. Put them on hold if you can. etc. etc. This will give you a good laugh and will keep them from calling other people:)
Those who insist on living in the past have no place in the future.
True, but not the case here. Polaroid also makes digital cameras. Hell, they even made a digital picture frame and digital microscopes! Go see for yourself on www.polaroid.com.
I don't think their problem is living in the past. Their problem is probably something like bad marketing or something.
Very good idea. I think it'll work even better if you choose multiple songs which sound completely different; the quality might differ for each song.
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I think it would. Most http-traffic is generated by a `few' large sites. Let's pick the case of a site with 2000 static pages and 20000 hits per day. Let's say 200 of these pages change each day. If all users would access the Internet through a pre-caching proxyserver network which pre-caches everything, this site would only have to serve 2000 pages initially and then 200 pages per day. All the other traffic is distributed over the different proxy-servers which are usually a lot closer to their users. So this site now only has a few hundred hits every day instead of the 20000 it used to get. Also, the total amount of traffic sent over the Internet is minimized since everything is cached `close' to the users.
But then again...it only works for static sites (do they still exist?:P) and it only works if everybody (read: all ISPs) join in (won't happen). Also websites' owners cannot track their users anymore (but this could be solved by a simple extension to the HTTP protocol). Anyway...it won't work:(
If this would have been thought about 10 years ago, it might have worked, but now it's simply too late and bandwidth is way cheaper than administrating a proxy-network.
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I agree, but distributed caching in combination with pre-caching (that's what my first comment was about) with the current user-base that actually uses caching proxies, would probably increase the overall traffic and therefore be a bad thing.
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Great idea, now go write some code.
This would only require minor changes to squid. But I although my idea sounds great in theory, I don't think it would have the advantages it should have because the majority of the users just doesn't bother to install a proxy-server and the majority of the ISP's (at least here in.nl) chooses not to install a proxy in the users' browsers by default. And since the idea only works with a huge userbase...well...too bad.
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Better solution: take her to the conference, decide that it's no better than reading /. and go back to the beach. Sounds like a plan to me.
My girlfriend is in .au for six months and I'm going there just exactly then. Stupid priorities;)
This would offcourse hardly be any safer if you'd not audit all the code before compiling it:)
I don't think that is the only possible reason; if Mozilla is going to work in this project, it will require time from developers, administrators (bugzilla etc.) and management. This may lead to a situation where less mannpower is available for other projects. I'm not saying this will happen, but it's a possibility.
Yes, but that they're going to start a calendar-project doesn't mean that it will slow the mozilla-development. In theory... I sure hope they keep these things seperated. In my opinion they should also have separated the browser from the mail&news-client etc.
This is also my expierience (Java); since exceptions are all children of the Exception object, it's rather attractive to throw all the code in one huge try-catch-clause that catches an Exception because it's `for temporarily use only'. Well and then the new version is cancelled and you're stuck with all your error handling in one place...blablabla
Them Netherlands.
So what's this DMCA about? IANAL, but I can see really clearly tell what it's doing to Alan Cox here. abridging freedom of speech. If I were an american I'd be ashamed of it...but I'm not one. I live in a free country.
Maybe give SapDB a try? It's Open Source, stable and definately not a toy. I don't know how it compares to Oracle or Sybase, though (since I haven't used it yet:P).
Sounds like the SSSCA might be a good reason for applying for political asylum in free countries. Probably the DMCA is so as well. Maybe someone has to try that in order to wake your government up. Oh wait...they don't care about their citicens. Only about their corporations. And corporations cannot apply for asylum. Too bad.
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I'd rather short the Honey-Do list and have sex with her:)
Besides I thought I read somewhere that solar cells currently cost more (energy) to produce than they will generate in a long time. But this may get better. Sorry I can't find a link. I'm having a bad google day I guess. Does someone have a better google day? Or just more knowledge on this?
...and childish:) (but I would like it:P)
Fraude can easily be prevented by using an Online Escrow Service (Trusted Third Party) like Triple Deal.
The one major problem with POP3 in my opinion, is that it requires sending a cleartext password. MS seems to have solved this (?) so if they're forcing people to use it, people will most certainly manage to recreate it and we might have SPA available everywere. Not exactly the right way for a "standard", but it's better than nothing. But then again...all the email is probably still sent unencrypted (which is why I don't use POP). Why is POP still used at all anyway...:(
Add DMCA, SCCAA (or what it's called), death penalty and a tribe leader that looks like a chimpansee to you considerations:)
If you're not stupid, you'd move to a country with real laws. .nl for example:)
I usually do this for real.
Ehm. I smoke pot everyday and I'm still not in prison:)
True, but not the case here. Polaroid also makes digital cameras. Hell, they even made a digital picture frame and digital microscopes! Go see for yourself on www.polaroid.com.
I don't think their problem is living in the past. Their problem is probably something like bad marketing or something.
Very good idea. I think it'll work even better if you choose multiple songs which sound completely different; the quality might differ for each song.
I think it would. Most http-traffic is generated by a `few' large sites. Let's pick the case of a site with 2000 static pages and 20000 hits per day. Let's say 200 of these pages change each day. If all users would access the Internet through a pre-caching proxyserver network which pre-caches everything, this site would only have to serve 2000 pages initially and then 200 pages per day. All the other traffic is distributed over the different proxy-servers which are usually a lot closer to their users. So this site now only has a few hundred hits every day instead of the 20000 it used to get. Also, the total amount of traffic sent over the Internet is minimized since everything is cached `close' to the users.
But then again...it only works for static sites (do they still exist?:P) and it only works if everybody (read: all ISPs) join in (won't happen). Also websites' owners cannot track their users anymore (but this could be solved by a simple extension to the HTTP protocol). Anyway...it won't work:(
If this would have been thought about 10 years ago, it might have worked, but now it's simply too late and bandwidth is way cheaper than administrating a proxy-network.
I agree, but distributed caching in combination with pre-caching (that's what my first comment was about) with the current user-base that actually uses caching proxies, would probably increase the overall traffic and therefore be a bad thing.
Great idea, now go write some code.
.nl) chooses not to install a proxy in the users' browsers by default. And since the idea only works with a huge userbase...well...too bad.
This would only require minor changes to squid. But I although my idea sounds great in theory, I don't think it would have the advantages it should have because the majority of the users just doesn't bother to install a proxy-server and the majority of the ISP's (at least here in