"Java Cyber Army"? Really? Shouldn't they use the best tools for the job and not restrict themselves to just Java? I mean, Java's cool and all, what with write-once-run-anywhere and the nifty Spring Framework, but-
Why would I go to a market to buy a service (with a middleman markup) when I could just buy it directly from a provider? Do we really expect to have shortages of computing power that would benefit from a secondary market redistributing computation around?
I gotta admit that it's been a very long time since I actually read Wired, but I remember them having more interesting stories about tech and fewer sensational pieces. The summary makes it sound like something I'd see on my local TV news station ("GOOGLE: IT MIGHT DIE??!?!??? Tune in after these advertisements to watch us speculate!").
Well, I guess I'm glad to see it's not just/. that's past it's prime:/
I mean, seriously - "What is someone else made a better search engine? ALL TRAFFIC WOULD GO THERE AND GOOGLE WOULD DIE" just seems so.... speculative.
(Maybe Wired has added a Creative Writing section since I last read it?)
Man this takes me back - it's just like the good old days of/., when we'd all head over to some small, random site and/. it. A nice, well-meaning site that had no idea about the tsunami of visitors they were about to be inundated with. Yep, those were good times:)
Is the author looking to drive traffic to their video? I followed the link but only 31K people have viewed it (as of 4:20pm, PST, July 12, 2013).
That can't be right - did the author put that in their just to drive traffic to their version of the video?
Could we have someone, maybe an editor, tighten up the summary a bit? Here's what I see:
idea : # times it occurs
"Let's mention this on/." : 3
"It's done" : 2
small runtime : 2
features : 3 (plus that laundry list of actual features)
Instead, let's try this:
"The Dao language has recently made its first beta release, and we think you Slashdotters will Eff'ing love it. Dao is an optionally-typed programming language that supports many advanced features (probably as many as Python ) with a small runtime (closer to Lua than Python). Besides optional typing, Dao also has built-in support for concurrent programming for multicore computers, very friendly C programming interfaces for embedding and extending, an LLVM-based JIT compiler, a Clang-based module for embedding C/C++ codes in Dao, and a Clang-based tool for automatic binding generation from C/C++ header files."
See? That wasn't so tough, probably took 5 minutes, and is much more readable....
Even if the farmer is technically a businessperson it's still clear that the SCOTUS ruled in favor of the large corporation (at the expense of everyone else), as they're now wont to do:
First, I want to say that XKCD rocks, and I do enjoy it when people post links from/. to there so I don't have to.
That said - can't someone come up with a script to do this for us? I'm thinking something like the UNIX fortune program (kinda like the one at the bottom of/.). We could even spruce it up with better and better AI/pattern matching over the years to provide better results.
Just earlier today I read on Slashdot that MIT is having trouble scaling up manufacturing here in the US (http://news.slashdot.org/story/13/02/28/2149244/when-its-time-to-scale-us-manufacturing-hits-a-wall) - it looks like they're already working on a solution:)
I can see Charlie Epps explaining how they'll model the mosh pit as a disordered gas, with the in it behaving in an ordered vortex-like state, in order to find the location of the killer!
I see an 'X' next to troll to tell/. this is not troll. "Nope, this is definitely a troll" I tell myself flamebait? Nope, also accurate politics, usa, education? Sure!
I know that no-one RTFA's around here, but isn't it a bit much to simply quote the first couple of paragraphs of the article as the summary? Especially since the article is entirely opaque about why the ISPs will "have" to pay higher costs. It does a great job of beating the drum for it's chosen viewpoint, though.
And people wonder why Old Media News Services are going extinct - what's the point of "news" that uniformative AND biased?
an open-source tool for killing old Amazon Web Services (AWS) instances that began life as an in-house product
This is awesome! My other problem is that I've got a number of AWS instances that did not begin life as in-house products. Will NetFlix release a tool to kill those off as well?
an open-source tool for killing old Amazon Web Services (AWS) instances that began life as an in-house product
This is awesome! My other problem is that I've got a number of AWS instances that did not begin life as in-house products. Will NetFlix release a tool to kill those off as well?
Ba-dum-ching!
I'll be here all week, folks:)
See? That's what's wrong with this country! Our litigious, lawsuit focused culture has so many bureaucrats looking to build their own little fiefdom that even that one appeal get's it's very own court! A court, for that one, individual appeal! WTF??!???!?88??!
Slashdot Mirror
Yes, that's what I was getting at. :)
"Java Cyber Army"? Really? Shouldn't they use the best tools for the job and not restrict themselves to just Java? I mean, Java's cool and all, what with write-once-run-anywhere and the nifty Spring Framework, but-
:)
-Wait, you mean the other Java, don't you.
Yeah, ok, that makes more sense.
If so:
No
No
No
and No.
But thank you for posting a summary that's nearly 50% questions!
Why would I go to a market to buy a service (with a middleman markup) when I could just buy it directly from a provider? Do we really expect to have shortages of computing power that would benefit from a secondary market redistributing computation around?
I gotta admit that it's been a very long time since I actually read Wired, but I remember them having more interesting stories about tech and fewer sensational pieces. The summary makes it sound like something I'd see on my local TV news station ("GOOGLE: IT MIGHT DIE??!?!??? Tune in after these advertisements to watch us speculate!").
Well, I guess I'm glad to see it's not just /. that's past it's prime :/
I mean, seriously - "What is someone else made a better search engine? ALL TRAFFIC WOULD GO THERE AND GOOGLE WOULD DIE" just seems so.... speculative.
(Maybe Wired has added a Creative Writing section since I last read it?)
Man this takes me back - it's just like the good old days of /., when we'd all head over to some small, random site and /. it. A nice, well-meaning site that had no idea about the tsunami of visitors they were about to be inundated with. Yep, those were good times :)
Is the author looking to drive traffic to their video? I followed the link but only 31K people have viewed it (as of 4:20pm, PST, July 12, 2013). That can't be right - did the author put that in their just to drive traffic to their version of the video?
Unlike majoring in English, where anything goes, apparently
Could we have someone, maybe an editor, tighten up the summary a bit? Here's what I see: /." : 3
idea : # times it occurs
"Let's mention this on
"It's done" : 2
small runtime : 2
features : 3 (plus that laundry list of actual features)
Instead, let's try this:
"The Dao language has recently made its first beta release, and we think you Slashdotters will Eff'ing love it. Dao is an optionally-typed programming language that supports many advanced features (probably as many as Python ) with a small runtime (closer to Lua than Python). Besides optional typing, Dao also has built-in support for concurrent programming for multicore computers, very friendly C programming interfaces for embedding and extending, an LLVM-based JIT compiler, a Clang-based module for embedding C/C++ codes in Dao, and a Clang-based tool for automatic binding generation from C/C++ header files."
See? That wasn't so tough, probably took 5 minutes, and is much more readable....
+5 INFORMATIVE? What do you people do in your free time?
that Mr. Page was talking about!
Even if the farmer is technically a businessperson it's still clear that the SCOTUS ruled in favor of the large corporation (at the expense of everyone else), as they're now wont to do:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/05/business/pro-business-decisions-are-defining-this-supreme-court.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Whoops - this was funny but I accidentally mod'd it as "Overrated"
:/
I can't seem to find a way to undo/change my moderation.
So I guess I'll do this, instead
Could I? Yes! ;)
Will I? Dude - this is clearly an attempt to crowd-source something that would be awesome, but that I'm too lazy to do
First, I want to say that XKCD rocks, and I do enjoy it when people post links from /. to there so I don't have to.
/.). We could even spruce it up with better and better AI/pattern matching over the years to provide better results.
That said - can't someone come up with a script to do this for us? I'm thinking something like the UNIX fortune program (kinda like the one at the bottom of
Personally, I think this would be awesome!
Just earlier today I read on Slashdot that MIT is having trouble scaling up manufacturing here in the US (http://news.slashdot.org/story/13/02/28/2149244/when-its-time-to-scale-us-manufacturing-hits-a-wall) - it looks like they're already working on a solution :)
I can see Charlie Epps explaining how they'll model the mosh pit as a disordered gas, with the in it behaving in an ordered vortex-like state, in order to find the location of the killer!
I see an 'X' next to troll to tell /. this is not troll. "Nope, this is definitely a troll" I tell myself
flamebait? Nope, also accurate
politics, usa, education? Sure!
So where's my 'X' next to story?
I know that no-one RTFA's around here, but isn't it a bit much to simply quote the first couple of paragraphs of the article as the summary? Especially since the article is entirely opaque about why the ISPs will "have" to pay higher costs. It does a great job of beating the drum for it's chosen viewpoint, though.
And people wonder why Old Media News Services are going extinct - what's the point of "news" that uniformative AND biased?
an open-source tool for killing old Amazon Web Services (AWS) instances that began life as an in-house product
This is awesome! My other problem is that I've got a number of AWS instances that did not begin life as in-house products. Will NetFlix release a tool to kill those off as well?
:)
Ba-dum-ching! I'll be here all week, folks
It's open source, so fork it.
*whoooosh*!
:)
an open-source tool for killing old Amazon Web Services (AWS) instances that began life as an in-house product
This is awesome! My other problem is that I've got a number of AWS instances that did not begin life as in-house products. Will NetFlix release a tool to kill those off as well? Ba-dum-ching! I'll be here all week, folks :)
Given that the price of gas keeps going up, isn't every year a record year for gas prices?
See? That's what's wrong with this country! Our litigious, lawsuit focused culture has so many bureaucrats looking to build their own little fiefdom that even that one appeal get's it's very own court! A court, for that one, individual appeal! WTF??!???!?88??!
Ogg? 5 devices.
Is this actually true? All the non-Apple devices that I've seen do support Vorbis...
There, clarified that for you (At least, I'm pretty sure.....) :)