Cooperation between the three major patent offices is increasing every day. I can't count the number of times i've seen JPO Officials walking around the datacenter in the past few years...
Seeing how i cannot meta moderate, i guess i'll just post this here. This post is Funny, no doubt about it. But I certainly do NOT think it is worth 5 points! That's just me, take it as you will..
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/health/noonan/hu mans_in_space/ This page has extensive information about research of this very topic. Aparrently, at one time NASA did have a "Sex in Space" page...
My point is - It's not the lightweight OS's that are doing the IRC serving. (I tend to consider both NT and Linux currently as lightweight OSs) As it's been mentioned, solaris is doing the most of it. A well estableshed, and old kernel. It's had it's share of TCP based bugs, but many have been worked out. It is also an older kernel, which has been proven stable and fast.
I don't know if there ever will be a major IRC server running linux, but where Linux really makes it's prowess known is with a server doing basically one thing, ie: static web pages. Currently, linux makes a GREAT single function OS. (that's why so many people want it in embedded systems)
And - considering that the only comparison he made in his article, was to NT/Microsoft, I didnt feel it was appropriate to bring *ANOTHER* os into the mix.
I can't say that i've ever heard of any of the big three running linux, but i'm sure that they aren't running NT either.
I don't think that NT could handle the load very well. And - he sites the fact that the IRC servers are constantly under attack, it *seems* that the NT TCP based buglists are a bit larger than that of most unixen. They are most likely running one of the major unix os's, HP/SUN/etc. In a few kernel versions, linux may be ready for that, but as far as samba/web/dekstop machines go, linux is OK for me.
According to the NEWS.COM article, he is also in charge of disney's webiste. What did he do, promise that he'd give her mickey's e-mail address if she slept with him? According to the same article, he sent her a link to pictures of his genitalia online.
Seems to me that this guy knew exactly what he was doing, and was looking for a young'un...
well, perhaps if I was looking for a solution, I would go to the OSS list, and there I would find a solution, or If I knew that GM for example used OSS in their systems, I would make my next car a Corvette, as opposed to a Mustang. (Please, no car debates here!:) )
I suppose my main problem is that I am against blacklists as a rule. They can (and tend to) get very out of hand. There is a huge stigma connected with them, and I'd just rather not see one associated with the opensource community.
Also - If I could go to my superiors with a list, and say look - THESE people use Linux/perl/gcc/etc., why don't we? Insofar as being used for a Professional purpose, that would be much more handy.
Imagine going to a meeting, suggesting a OSS product and having someone whip out "The List" - and saying "Well, FORD doesnt use any OSS, they do pretty well. We will adopt the same policy"
On a totally different topic: Why are we spending time on esoteric oddities like meta-moderation when simple features like the below need working on?
Spell checking
Link checking
Anti-/. Effect Mirroring
Basic uptime issues
Non-retroactive signature changes
I also have to say that this whole Karma concept is starting to concern me. I think that a history should be kept, so that one can see why their karma has been dropped/upped. I am currently sitting at a -2 and am thus unable to meta moderate. I have been a/. member for quite some time, but have only recently started posting. W/out some kind of explination, as to WHY I am @ -2, I can't say that I'll much longer post as a non-AC. Also - a feature I'd like to see is a nifty e-mail this article/comment to a friend. That'd be really nice, and might help to increase the traffic to/.
My confusion is that I seem to have a karma of -2, I'm not quite sure what i've done to deserve this, and am not sure how it will relate to my future posts... It appears that the monster that is/. may infact be growing too much, getting too large... I personally don't care what my Karma is, but what does it say about me to other posters/readers.
I have got to agree, the more moderators you have, the less likely these posts are to slip through the cracks. It's is a known that 5 people (15 moderation points among them? I have yet to be a moderator, so i don't know exactly how it goes) cannot mark down all the bad posts, but 4 or five times that number would have a much better hand at it. I'm also very curious as to how one becomes a moderator, I come to the site 6 or 7 times a day, and have never been a moderator.
It is entirely too bad that this has come to/., but i must say that this is the best way I have seen, for dealing with the trolls....
I was just wondering if he was going to join MTV's other failure - turned media hound, Jessie, and go on tour with him. Personally, during the whole show, Abe was a manipulative, whining self-centered brat, and most of the others on the show didn't want to have a lick to do with him.
I just got done loading a sparc5 with linux, we call it an xterm+. They are so excellent... In october, about 20 sparc 20's will come out of production, and i'm eagerly awaiting one of those puppies.. They'll scream! BTW - if anyone knows of any fast mirrors with multiple dists of linux for sparc (pref ISO's), please let me know. I had to pay $50 for a copy of RedHat (Unsupported of course...) I later downloaded debian, and will probably be installing that... Also - If anyone knows where i can buy old sparc hardware, that'd be really great!
Given the same orbit as the earth, the angle of rotation would make more of a difference in the weather than the distance from the sun.
It's all about the angle of incoming solar radiation, baybe..
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That's the point, how many of these vocations do not have a union, or at least an association representing them? Very few. Trash strikes, trucker strikes, construction strikes, all common, and all have disrupted society greatly. Anyone remember the UPS strike? WOAH what a pain in the butt.
The premise of this movie was good. The special effects and fight scenes were good. But it was a bad movie - bad plot, bad ending, bad acting. In all your talk about "geek profiling", dear Mr. Katz, have you possibly forgotten that geeks can have interests and opinions on things other than technology? Shame on you. How much different is "all geeks will love a movie with virtual reality in it" from "all geeks in trenchcoats are anti-social psychopaths"?
I have to disagree. While generally, geeks do have interests other than technology (Music for one, good music at that. How many of you have listened to one of the classical masters this week?) We also love art, and many of the other things that outsiders deem normal. However, of all my geek friends, there isn't one that didnt see the matrix, and few of those that only saw it once. For the most part, we love "bad plot, bad ending, bad acting" (MST3k, Monty Python, Red Dwarf, Dr. Who, ST), as long as they appear to be true from the heart, (and at times, it seems, made by a fellow geek?)
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USPTO Documentation about Trilateral cooperation between JPO/EPO & USPTO
Cooperation between the three major patent offices is increasing every day. I can't count the number of times i've seen JPO Officials walking around the datacenter in the past few years...
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Seeing how i cannot meta moderate, i guess i'll just post this here. This post is Funny, no doubt about it. But I certainly do NOT think it is worth 5 points! That's just me, take it as you will..
Ahh, just another reason why statehood should be granted to Northern VA! It's a whole different state..
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/health/noonan/hu mans_in_space/ This page has extensive information about research of this very topic. Aparrently, at one time NASA did have a "Sex in Space" page...
Perhaps I mis-worded, or you missed my point.
My point is - It's not the lightweight OS's that are doing the IRC serving. (I tend to consider both NT and Linux currently as lightweight OSs) As it's been mentioned, solaris is doing the most of it. A well estableshed, and old kernel. It's had it's share of TCP based bugs, but many have been worked out. It is also an older kernel, which has been proven stable and fast.
I don't know if there ever will be a major IRC server running linux, but where Linux really makes it's prowess known is with a server doing basically one thing, ie: static web pages. Currently, linux makes a GREAT single function OS. (that's why so many people want it in embedded systems)
And - considering that the only comparison he made in his article, was to NT/Microsoft, I didnt feel it was appropriate to bring *ANOTHER* os into the mix.
I can't say that i've ever heard of any of the big three running linux, but i'm sure that they aren't running NT either.
I don't think that NT could handle the load very well. And - he sites the fact that the IRC servers are constantly under attack, it *seems* that the NT TCP based buglists are a bit larger than that of most unixen. They are most likely running one of the major unix os's, HP/SUN/etc. In a few kernel versions, linux may be ready for that, but as far as samba/web/dekstop machines go, linux is OK for me.
According to the NEWS.COM article, he is also in charge of disney's webiste. What did he do, promise that he'd give her mickey's e-mail address if she slept with him? According to the same article, he sent her a link to pictures of his genitalia online.
Seems to me that this guy knew exactly what he was doing, and was looking for a young'un...
well, perhaps if I was looking for a solution, I would go to the OSS list, and there I would find a solution, or If I knew that GM for example used OSS in their systems, I would make my next car a Corvette, as opposed to a Mustang. (Please, no car debates here! :) )
I suppose my main problem is that I am against blacklists as a rule. They can (and tend to) get very out of hand. There is a huge stigma connected with them, and I'd just rather not see one associated with the opensource community.
Also - If I could go to my superiors with a list, and say look - THESE people use Linux/perl/gcc/etc., why don't we? Insofar as being used for a Professional purpose, that would be much more handy.
Imagine going to a meeting, suggesting a OSS product and having someone whip out "The List" - and saying "Well, FORD doesnt use any OSS, they do pretty well. We will adopt the same policy"
No Thanks!
Do you guys have any idea the level of liability that would exist if /. were to host such a site? That is just not a good idea, IMNSHO.
Better idea - Put up a list of OSS friendly sites, and provide a way for them to get ON this list.
Please - let's accentuate the positive in life, not the negative..
- Spell checking
- Link checking
- Anti-/. Effect Mirroring
- Basic uptime issues
- Non-retroactive signature changes
I also have to say that this whole Karma concept is starting to concern me. I think that a history should be kept, so that one can see why their karma has been dropped/upped. I am currently sitting at a -2 and am thus unable to meta moderate. I have been aMy confusion is that I seem to have a karma of -2, I'm not quite sure what i've done to deserve this, and am not sure how it will relate to my future posts... It appears that the monster that is /. may infact be growing too much, getting too large... I personally don't care what my Karma is, but what does it say about me to other posters/readers.
I have got to agree, the more moderators you have, the less likely these posts are to slip through the cracks. It's is a known that 5 people (15 moderation points among them? I have yet to be a moderator, so i don't know exactly how it goes) cannot mark down all the bad posts, but 4 or five times that number would have a much better hand at it. I'm also very curious as to how one becomes a moderator, I come to the site 6 or 7 times a day, and have never been a moderator.
/., but i must say that this is the best way I have seen, for dealing with the trolls....
It is entirely too bad that this has come to
Why IP ban when they can just be moderated down... Assholes are what pub(l)ic forums are all about.
At my previous employer, we had hundreds of thousands going through proxies, and at my current, we use NAT to hide the IP's of all the users...
I was just wondering if he was going to join MTV's other failure - turned media hound, Jessie, and go on tour with him. Personally, during the whole show, Abe was a manipulative, whining self-centered brat, and most of the others on the show didn't want to have a lick to do with him.
I just got done loading a sparc5 with linux, we call it an xterm+. They are so excellent... In october, about 20 sparc 20's will come out of production, and i'm eagerly awaiting one of those puppies.. They'll scream! BTW - if anyone knows of any fast mirrors with multiple dists of linux for sparc (pref ISO's), please let me know. I had to pay $50 for a copy of RedHat (Unsupported of course...) I later downloaded debian, and will probably be installing that... Also - If anyone knows where i can buy old sparc hardware, that'd be really great!
We got tickets to Phantom Menace @ The Uptown in DC. I saw the first public showing there...
The stuff they are working on is already little..
Given the same orbit as the earth, the angle of rotation would make more of a difference in the weather than the distance from the sun.
It's all about the angle of incoming solar radiation, baybe..
That's the point, how many of these vocations do not have a union, or at least an association representing them? Very few. Trash strikes, trucker strikes, construction strikes, all common, and all have disrupted society greatly. Anyone remember the UPS strike? WOAH what a pain in the butt.
I have a St. Jude medal I sometimes wear when I code. He's the patron saint of lost causes, my code sometimes needs all :)
the help it can get
I'm not a believer, but i always carry a St. Jude medallion on me in my wallet. An old peruvian friend gave it to me.
Lets name our own patron saint of the internet. Well, i guess we'd have to name a few saints first... Cybersaints.. Pascal comes to mind, any others?
The premise of this movie was good. The special effects and fight scenes were good. But it was a bad movie - bad plot, bad ending, bad acting. In all your talk about "geek profiling", dear Mr. Katz, have you possibly forgotten that geeks can have interests and opinions on things other than technology? Shame on you. How much different is "all geeks will love a movie with virtual reality in it" from "all geeks in trenchcoats are anti-social psychopaths"?
I have to disagree. While generally, geeks do have interests other than technology (Music for one, good music at that. How many of you have listened to one of the classical masters this week?) We also love art, and many of the other things that outsiders deem normal. However, of all my geek friends, there isn't one that didnt see the matrix, and few of those that only saw it once. For the most part, we love "bad plot, bad ending, bad acting" (MST3k, Monty Python, Red Dwarf, Dr. Who, ST), as long as they appear to be true from the heart, (and at times, it seems, made by a fellow geek?)
actually, that'd be kindof cool... Lots of chicks, yeah..
but, when they started screaming, and drowning out the movie, then we'd have to kick some ass..
Apache's web server is a different product from Redhat's Secure Apache server.