A smart discrete scraper will scrape breadth-first, ie: scrape 100 websites alternating the next page from each site in turn, instead of the next page on a single site until that site is finished. Some scraping on active sites like Slashdot or just Google's spidering is never done; It just continues on as new content is created. It would be easy for a scraper to act just like a human on Slashdot, just keep clicking 'refresh' every once in a while. An astro-turf post from GNA would really throw the admins off the trail.
Wow, that's pretty inappropriate for an interviewer to require you to open your personal family or friends circle to him. What if my family is discussing my alcoholic father, my pregnant niece, my HIV+ friend, and my habit of killing interviewers and burying them in my backyard?
Ignore all those other replies that say, basically, "because they are too stupid to use leet things like rsync."
Dropbox offers a few advantages over rsync: It runs in real time and detects changed files, syncing them instantly without polling the filesystem. (using services like inotify). It has iPhone and Android clients. It's easy to install and doesn't carry other requirements like cygwin, and doesn't break in all kinds of odd corner cases like rsync on windows does. It offers central management of which computers sync which files and folders (well, SugarSync does this much better). It offers a web based view of your synced files for when you don't have your own computer. (This can be a plus or minus depending on your viewpoint). It keeps backup copies of your deleted and changed files.
I'm not denigrating rsync here, it is a fantastic program that runs flawlessly and efficiently. It just doesn't get along with Windows very well and not with iPhone or Android at all. I had set up a great system using Unison (similar to rsync) on multiple machines, running from cron or Scheduled Tasks twice a day so an OpenSolaris system with ZFS that made snapshots of the filesystems twice a day. I dare you to have your grandmother set that up.
Then they did it wrong. Truecrypt encrypts your data with a key. This key is encrypted with ANOTHER key (your password). You can change your password and it will reencrypt the encrypted key, without having to reencrypt all of your data.
Google social does poorly. Programmer "responsible" finds himself frequently 1) stuffed in a locker, 2) dangled over a toilet and given a "swirly", 3) tripped in the lunchroom, 4) generally ostracized at company gatherings.
I trust science for the same reason I trust open-source. I know many different eyes with different motivations have scrutinized "the code" and haven't found any problems, and when they do find problems they report the "bugs" and submit "patches". Likewise many different eyes have scrutinized scientific theory and have agreed with the findings, where they don't agree they publicly says so and where they can they do experiments and submit new ideas to replace faulty ones.
(this post is sure to get me mod points) (that comment is sure to lose me mod points)
Thank you! I though something was wrong with my computer. I can't click or right-click on any links in Slashdot using Firefox. If someone comes up with a GreaseMonkey fix to stop Slashdot's brain damaged Javascript or CSS that is stopping clicks please share it.
Easy response: remove all links to any pages that mention the film "About Elly" at all. Claim technical difficulties. Movie dies on the vine. Movie industry thinks twice before asking for unenforceable shit again.
> Okay, so then fat people and smokers want to tax your motorcycle. After all, they do have a higher injury rate (though not a higher accident rate) than cars. So we can tax them and sky divers. And don't forget rock climbers, dirt bike riders, skateboarders, bicycle riders, and roller bladers.
Lawyers and politicians across the country just got erections.
Awesome, now we can genetically engineer mutant cows that express human proteins - we can build an industry of these mutant cows that supply human proteins into a global distribution network, shipping product overseas in tremendous tankers and transports and delivered by truck to retail locations across the globe...
It's great to see a media savvy politician who really understands the Internet, having been on 'The Real World' and all, trying to ban a video. Consequences will never be the same!
Slashdot Mirror
A smart discrete scraper will scrape breadth-first, ie: scrape 100 websites alternating the next page from each site in turn, instead of the next page on a single site until that site is finished. Some scraping on active sites like Slashdot or just Google's spidering is never done; It just continues on as new content is created. It would be easy for a scraper to act just like a human on Slashdot, just keep clicking 'refresh' every once in a while. An astro-turf post from GNA would really throw the admins off the trail.
Wow, that's pretty inappropriate for an interviewer to require you to open your personal family or friends circle to him. What if my family is discussing my alcoholic father, my pregnant niece, my HIV+ friend, and my habit of killing interviewers and burying them in my backyard?
/ sheepishly pulls sleeve over tribal armband tattoo...
You're funny.
> "we can't find qualified Americans to do our jobs."
Of course they will continue saying this. The qualification they are talking about is accepting being paid in the equivalent of 10 Rupies a day.
Heh...
Mr. Big: "So, Mr. APK, I see here on your resume that you've got plenty of +5 moderations on Slashdot... We could really use a man like you here..."
/g/=global, ie: substitute all, not just the first occurrence
Ignore all those other replies that say, basically, "because they are too stupid to use leet things like rsync."
Dropbox offers a few advantages over rsync:
It runs in real time and detects changed files, syncing them instantly without polling the filesystem. (using services like inotify).
It has iPhone and Android clients.
It's easy to install and doesn't carry other requirements like cygwin, and doesn't break in all kinds of odd corner cases like rsync on windows does.
It offers central management of which computers sync which files and folders (well, SugarSync does this much better).
It offers a web based view of your synced files for when you don't have your own computer. (This can be a plus or minus depending on your viewpoint).
It keeps backup copies of your deleted and changed files.
I'm not denigrating rsync here, it is a fantastic program that runs flawlessly and efficiently. It just doesn't get along with Windows very well and not with iPhone or Android at all.
I had set up a great system using Unison (similar to rsync) on multiple machines, running from cron or Scheduled Tasks twice a day so an OpenSolaris system with ZFS that made snapshots of the filesystems twice a day. I dare you to have your grandmother set that up.
Then they did it wrong.
Truecrypt encrypts your data with a key. This key is encrypted with ANOTHER key (your password). You can change your password and it will reencrypt the encrypted key, without having to reencrypt all of your data.
I'm hoping for adequate representation for the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
And YYYY/MM/DD sorts very nicely.
+1 cromulent
1. Calculate potential middle-management bonus based on +1 clicks.
2. Hire mechanical turks in third world countries to click on +1 clicks.
3. Profit.
Google social does poorly. Programmer "responsible" finds himself frequently 1) stuffed in a locker, 2) dangled over a toilet and given a "swirly", 3) tripped in the lunchroom, 4) generally ostracized at company gatherings.
So it isn't perfect.
Would you argue that proprietary software has better or worse chance of having unknown errors?
> There is no faith placed in any one scientist.
This.
I trust science for the same reason I trust open-source. I know many different eyes with different motivations have scrutinized "the code" and haven't found any problems, and when they do find problems they report the "bugs" and submit "patches". Likewise many different eyes have scrutinized scientific theory and have agreed with the findings, where they don't agree they publicly says so and where they can they do experiments and submit new ideas to replace faulty ones.
(this post is sure to get me mod points)
(that comment is sure to lose me mod points)
Thank you! I though something was wrong with my computer. I can't click or right-click on any links in Slashdot using Firefox. If someone comes up with a GreaseMonkey fix to stop Slashdot's brain damaged Javascript or CSS that is stopping clicks please share it.
I disagree: http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS289QmwyzRoJ83kN_yA3tgs1V1KLurfxDOEWSmjDye3CLX7Xm_
Easy response: remove all links to any pages that mention the film "About Elly" at all. Claim technical difficulties. Movie dies on the vine. Movie industry thinks twice before asking for unenforceable shit again.
> Okay, so then fat people and smokers want to tax your motorcycle. After all, they do have a higher injury rate (though not a higher accident rate) than cars. So we can tax them and sky divers. And don't forget rock climbers, dirt bike riders, skateboarders, bicycle riders, and roller bladers.
Lawyers and politicians across the country just got erections.
Awesome, now we can genetically engineer mutant cows that express human proteins - we can build an industry of these mutant cows that supply human proteins into a global distribution network, shipping product overseas in tremendous tankers and transports and delivered by truck to retail locations across the globe...
Or, you know, we could just breastfeed our kids.
Can't wait until midnight for this to be over.
Or do I actually enjoy this and this post is a parody of my true feelings. Today, who can tell?
It's great to see a media savvy politician who really understands the Internet, having been on 'The Real World' and all, trying to ban a video. Consequences will never be the same!
Of course they can. You lied on your application and they have a hundred ways to prove it. You can sue them if you think they are in error.
> Couldn't he at least use two coconut halves for the U-235, a little bit of gunpower and a real fuse?
Then the headline would have read "Former Castaway Professor Reconstructs A-Bomb".