Do we actually have a demand that's being held in check by an inappropriate pricing schedule (perhapse even businesses with a lack of vision)?
I don't know about anyone else, but as for myself, I'll use up every last byte of bandwidth I've got at my disposal. My bandwidth is currently capped at x: give me 2x bandwidth, and I'll use 2x.
Configuration files were made to be edited by hand! This is why Linux is so popular, flexibility. By hiding configuration behind a wizard and storing that configuration in a proprietary, non-text format like some large software vender who shall remain nameless, configuration files provide for flexibility.
There is absolutely no reason why we can't have the best of both worlds in this regard.
Linux should have configuration wizards. It will make it more accessible and easier to use for those less inclined to hack configurations themselves. But these configuration wizards should write to a well-documented text configuration file. There is no good reason to write to a closed binary configuration file, and equally there is no good reason not to make wizards available to those who would use them.
There's no trade-off necessary here. We can have the best of both worlds.
Indeed, it's a common misconception that Galileo ever was `persecuted' as such. Though he was under virtual house arrest, he was allowed to continue his work and lived quite comfortably at the church's expense. Good for him.
Speaking of the scientific method, it's interesting to note that Brahe, who you could consider to have been the father of the scientific method, rejected the heliocentric view of the universe largely because it contradicted what was written in the scriptures. He agreed with Copernicus on most every other point.
Incidentally, it's funny what passes for `news for nerds' these days. I'm an Aussie, and read this site for Linux news. Star Wars news. Tech-related civil liberties commantaries. This site of all sites should recognise it's international readership, and the reasons for which people read it. Mod me down if you will, but I honestly don't see how news such as this is compatible with the site's `charter'.
Then again, this article has had almost 2000 comments at the time of this writing. Perhaps I'm in the minority in feeling this way.
Prior to September 11th, 2001, it was inconceivable that anyone would be capable of using airplanes as guided missiles and then fly them into buildings.
It's also inconceivable that anyone might be capable of using a US submarine as a guided missile and flying it into a building. Or a flock of pigs, for that matter. Who knows when these preconceptions may be challenged?
Fifty years from now I expect all wars to be fought by giant robots controlled by teenagers.
Oh yeah, that'll be just grand.
*BOOM, giant robot bites the dust.*
: |US|B0TL0RD `W00T!'
: ]AoE[slaya `whore! u woz camping!'
: |US|B0TL0RD `u axis lamerz just cant take it. go back to libya'
: ]AoE[`fuk u! im getting kofi to ban u! U SUK BUSHS WANG!'
If I were a conspiracy buff I'd think that MS created the security problems so that they could point to the "insecure internet" and offer some solution that benefits only them.
Not at all. It's their problem, and it's their responsibility to fix it. The fact that they're attempting to do so should not trigger this kind of ridiculous conspiracy theory.
This kind of radical comment is exactly what is discrediting the anti-MS movement by making its members look like frothing zealots. A reasoned, skeptical approach to every announcement of this kind is what would bring us credibility - not paranoid nonsense such as this.
When I see stupid Physics in movies, I lose interest in the plot. Sometimes I just walk out of the theater.
Jeez, if your nose was any higher, I'd worry someone might hijack it and fly it into a building. I sincerely hope you don't intend to go see Spiderman.
The scientific method doesn't prove things, it is used to test to see if things aren't likely.
Not so. Certain scientific methodologies do indeed aim to prove things. Only certain scientific philosophies have held that the sole function of the scientific method is to disprove - Karl Popper's Falsificationism probably being the most famous.
It is true that technically Mozilla would use approximately the same amount of memory and would take approximately the same time to start up as does IE. From the user's perspective, however, this is totally irrelevant. The user is going to perceive that Mozilla has a relatively high memory usage and takes relatively longer to start.
Consider it this way - on the Win32 platform with IE integrated, would it be faster to start IE or Mozilla? IE. Under the same conditions, which browser would the user perceive to take up less memory? IE. Technically each is probably on par, but the fact is, that's how it will be perceived.
It sucks, but it's true.
A mini-P2P between yourself and friends
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Give me a P2P solution that allows me to selectively authorize requests to my system and communicate only with those other people that I wish to communicate with. A mini P2P between myself and my friends.
Why don't you and your friends set up your own Gnutella network?
Wipe the provided node IPs out of the node cache file (GnuCache.net for Gnucleus)
Fill the node cache with the IPs of your friends. (This would probably the most difficult part, as your friends would be unlikely to all have static IPs. This problem may be overcome by using Dynamic DNS.)
Have your friends do likewise, and you have precisely the mini-P2P network that you wanted, with only minimal effort.
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Do we actually have a demand that's being held in check by an inappropriate pricing schedule (perhapse even businesses with a lack of vision)?
I don't know about anyone else, but as for myself, I'll use up every last byte of bandwidth I've got at my disposal. My bandwidth is currently capped at x: give me 2x bandwidth, and I'll use 2x.
No wonder nobody's responding. Last time they did, the mail server got hosed and the sysadmin busted a vein in his forehead.
... considering this essay, written by His Billness himself.
Configuration files were made to be edited by hand! This is why Linux is so popular, flexibility. By hiding configuration behind a wizard and storing that configuration in a proprietary, non-text format like some large software vender who shall remain nameless, configuration files provide for flexibility.
There is absolutely no reason why we can't have the best of both worlds in this regard.
Linux should have configuration wizards. It will make it more accessible and easier to use for those less inclined to hack configurations themselves. But these configuration wizards should write to a well-documented text configuration file. There is no good reason to write to a closed binary configuration file, and equally there is no good reason not to make wizards available to those who would use them.
There's no trade-off necessary here. We can have the best of both worlds.
as ``Cameras in UK for Troll Enforcement''.
:)
Something that would be of use around here perhaps...
Indeed, it's a common misconception that Galileo ever was `persecuted' as such. Though he was under virtual house arrest, he was allowed to continue his work and lived quite comfortably at the church's expense. Good for him.
Speaking of the scientific method, it's interesting to note that Brahe, who you could consider to have been the father of the scientific method, rejected the heliocentric view of the universe largely because it contradicted what was written in the scriptures. He agreed with Copernicus on most every other point.
that NetBSD runs on XBox first.
Looks like Blizzard has yet another killer game on their hands
It'll go well with their killer lawyers.
Is it just me, or does it seem to anyone else that the essential quality of `being news' is missing from this article?
/. is solving its `erronious article content' problem by posting articles without any content whatsoever?
Could it be that
Not trolling, just musing about having nothing to muse over.
You've given yourself away... let's see who's really behind this comment!
(rips off mask)
It's Old Mr Withers, Gamespy's development manager! Take him away, boys.
No. Mutant ninja turtles? Perhaps.
Hang on, that was NY. Disregard.
... as a replacement, in the words of Lisa Simpson:
``One nation, under the dollar, with liberty and justice for none.''
... has a very amusing take on these shenanigans.
Incidentally, it's funny what passes for `news for nerds' these days. I'm an Aussie, and read this site for Linux news. Star Wars news. Tech-related civil liberties commantaries. This site of all sites should recognise it's international readership, and the reasons for which people read it. Mod me down if you will, but I honestly don't see how news such as this is compatible with the site's `charter'.
Then again, this article has had almost 2000 comments at the time of this writing. Perhaps I'm in the minority in feeling this way.
Prior to September 11th, 2001, it was inconceivable that anyone would be capable of using airplanes as guided missiles and then fly them into buildings.
It's also inconceivable that anyone might be capable of using a US submarine as a guided missile and flying it into a building. Or a flock of pigs, for that matter. Who knows when these preconceptions may be challenged?
I think that this Satirewire article put it best.
who's kofi?
Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the UN.
Fifty years from now I expect all wars to be fought by giant robots controlled by teenagers.
Oh yeah, that'll be just grand.
*BOOM, giant robot bites the dust.*
: |US|B0TL0RD `W00T!'
: ]AoE[slaya `whore! u woz camping!'
: |US|B0TL0RD `u axis lamerz just cant take it. go back to libya'
: ]AoE[`fuk u! im getting kofi to ban u! U SUK BUSHS WANG!'
So is how I see it...
... is spying on you through the fillings in your teeth!
Just kidding. Now, who wants to see me slug one over the fence and into the carpark?
now i wonder what happened to noah and all the animals?
They're on the spaceship with Elvis. Running the US shadow government from orbit. Advising Bush to advance troops to within 400 cubits of Baghdad.
That kind of thing.
If I were a conspiracy buff I'd think that MS created the security problems so that they could point to the "insecure internet" and offer some solution that benefits only them.
Not at all. It's their problem, and it's their responsibility to fix it. The fact that they're attempting to do so should not trigger this kind of ridiculous conspiracy theory.
This kind of radical comment is exactly what is discrediting the anti-MS movement by making its members look like frothing zealots. A reasoned, skeptical approach to every announcement of this kind is what would bring us credibility - not paranoid nonsense such as this.
Jeez, people get pissed off enough at the use of aimbots and such in online games...
All we need is l33t d00dz in real world sports. Eick.
When I see stupid Physics in movies, I lose interest in the plot. Sometimes I just walk out of the theater.
Jeez, if your nose was any higher, I'd worry someone might hijack it and fly it into a building. I sincerely hope you don't intend to go see Spiderman.
The scientific method doesn't prove things, it is used to test to see if things aren't likely.
Not so. Certain scientific methodologies do indeed aim to prove things. Only certain scientific philosophies have held that the sole function of the scientific method is to disprove - Karl Popper's Falsificationism probably being the most famous.
Before reading this, I had no idea who Starband was, what they did, where I might have known them from, etc.
Indeed. This kind of article is more the domain of FuckedCompany, IMHO.
It is true that technically Mozilla would use approximately the same amount of memory and would take approximately the same time to start up as does IE. From the user's perspective, however, this is totally irrelevant. The user is going to perceive that Mozilla has a relatively high memory usage and takes relatively longer to start.
Consider it this way - on the Win32 platform with IE integrated, would it be faster to start IE or Mozilla? IE. Under the same conditions, which browser would the user perceive to take up less memory? IE. Technically each is probably on par, but the fact is, that's how it will be perceived.
It sucks, but it's true.
Why don't you and your friends set up your own Gnutella network?