Netscape uses several round-robin servers to deliver the strong encryption bits. One (or more) of them was horked this morning. I gave a heads up to the proper folks and it seemed to be fixed.
The original poster was, in fact "talking out his ass". That being said, I'd love to see him/her attempt to come up with any valid facts that would support the claim.
One and the same. Old x-head from within Netscape.
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Jeff, did emmett scoop you? Sorry for the apparent troll attempt, but I usually appreciate the perspective that hemos puts forth when it comes to nanotech stories. IMO, it would be pretty cool if/. editors stuck to their specialties.
General Disclaimer: I know that this was submitted by a/. reader/participant, but I'm still not convinced that "emmett" is not an editorial 'bot and wanted to I give hemos a fair shot at one of his favorite subjects...
Next total solar eclipse visible from the United States: 21 August 2017. If you live in California, you'll have to go to Oregon to see it (assuming that Oregon's that state north of California, my US geography is not too good)
I'm pretty much sure that us Northern Californians will have annexed that state, along with Washington state and the opressed Republic of Redmond by then.;)
You know, I'm really getting tired of hearing bullshit comments like this any time distributed computing projects are discussed. HELLO? Some machines have to be up 24/7, mine included. And when things get slow, or even not D.Net is a perfectly good way to NOT waste energy resources on fan noise.
I agree with you. reported this on the 3rd, here. While it's a bit of a "setback, it's still fun to crack keys at this rate. I am glad they finally adjusted the visible keyrate as well. Go D.Net!
I don't think anyones going postal over the screwup. And FWIW, I agreee with you. I do think however that the folks that had registered these domains are probably getting screwed, especially if they've widely advertised their sites. Reprinting promotional materiel, business cards and whatnot can get very expensive. I wonder if they have a way to get some form of reimbursement/cost coverage for the error the registrars made?
Feh. I work with a guy that has at *least* 200 collectible figurines, spaceship models from tiny to 3 ft. plus AND a full size, electrified Darth Vader replica. All in his cube.
Hello? Take a looong walk through the web with Mozilla M12 on *any* platform, Opera, Konqueror or any of the not-quite-ready-for-prime-time browsers these days and see what the result is.
If they're truly screening user agents? Indeed, that would suck.
If they unleashed truly crappy HTML?
Welcome to the anarchy of the web. Drop them an email. and go somewhere else.
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Frankly, this is one of the most concise summaries I've read on slasdot ot date. Bravo.
This all sounds good, but I'd really like to see EToys back off completely.
And I'm guessing their stock nosedived primarily because of the fulfillment problems they had with thier e-commerce site over the holiday, not because of 'Net pressure and badmouthing.
The Ultimate "Hackers" Boss
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Llewelyn for me epitomised what might be a fictional representation of what all of us really want; a boss that would let one devise really cool stuff, 99% of which would never function perfectly but when that single killer idea came to fruition made *everything* different.
Color me idealistic, but I dug the man, both his simple classiness and character. He will be missed.
Interesting point, actually. Way back when, CmdrTaco and company *did* edit/remove posts.
I personally had no real problems with that, but I wonder if past editing/censorship could create a problem even when a less restrictive system (moderation) is in place.
Not trying to put the/. chiefs down, just curious.
Paul Festa has yet to write anything positive about Mozilla or Netscape in the past. If one runs a search on the C|Net Website you might find a smattering of relatively neutral articles, but the fact of the matter is that the guy is being paid to downplay the significance of a very cool, soon to be released Alpha base we can all "dogfood" with.
AND, I guarantee he reads/. But will he respond here? Doubtful. He won't even respond to polite email.
Feh. Just keep coding and bug fixing. He'll fade into oblivion with the rest of the naysayers.
My apologies. I was speaking metaphorically. As a past ID Software purchaser, I've spent folding money on their games. I can only "hurt" them by not purchasing future copies of their software. I can't do anything regarding what damage they may have inflicted on me with currently owned software.
Hence, my rancor. I'm no conspiricy theorist, I ain't that smart.;)
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Netscape uses several round-robin servers to deliver the strong encryption bits. One (or more) of them was horked this morning. I gave a heads up to the proper folks and it seemed to be fixed.
The original poster was, in fact "talking out his ass". That being said, I'd love to see him/her attempt to come up with any valid facts that would support the claim.
One and the same. Old x-head from within Netscape.
General Disclaimer: I know that this was submitted by a /. reader/participant, but I'm still not convinced that "emmett" is not an editorial 'bot and wanted to I give hemos a fair shot at one of his favorite subjects...
Yup. Howard Rheingold. Ex-boss of mine back in 96-97 for a start-up called Electric Minds, writer of an excellent book called Virtual Reality and IMHO an even better one (and more topical) called The Virtual Community : Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier. More of the Rheingoldian one can be found at his website, here
....broke hime in three pieces instead. But that's just me.
Well of course he did. He was still around in 2001, right? ;)
WAY better than Schoolhouse Rock. Plus, it's, well.... ACME.
I'm pretty much sure that us Northern Californians will have annexed that state, along with Washington state and the opressed Republic of Redmond by then. ;)
You know, I'm really getting tired of hearing bullshit comments like this any time distributed computing projects are discussed. HELLO? Some machines have to be up 24/7, mine included. And when things get slow, or even not D.Net is a perfectly good way to NOT waste energy resources on fan noise.
I agree with you. reported this on the 3rd, here. While it's a bit of a "setback, it's still fun to crack keys at this rate. I am glad they finally adjusted the visible keyrate as well. Go D.Net!
Strangely enough, I've got "Ivan meets G.I. Joe" in my headphones right now...
I bet the folks at 800.com might take issue with this. Whoops...
I don't think anyones going postal over the screwup. And FWIW, I agreee with you. I do think however that the folks that had registered these domains are probably getting screwed, especially if they've widely advertised their sites. Reprinting promotional materiel, business cards and whatnot can get very expensive. I wonder if they have a way to get some form of reimbursement/cost coverage for the error the registrars made?
kidding of course, but then who's ever seen him in public? :)
Course, he's a FREEK.
Hi, Sam!
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If they're truly screening user agents? Indeed, that would suck.
If they unleashed truly crappy HTML?
Welcome to the anarchy of the web. Drop them an email. and go somewhere else.
Frankly, this is one of the most concise summaries I've read on slasdot ot date. Bravo.
And I'm guessing their stock nosedived primarily because of the fulfillment problems they had with thier e-commerce site over the holiday, not because of 'Net pressure and badmouthing.
Color me idealistic, but I dug the man, both his simple classiness and character. He will be missed.
I personally had no real problems with that, but I wonder if past editing/censorship could create a problem even when a less restrictive system (moderation) is in place.
Not trying to put the /. chiefs down, just curious.
AND, I guarantee he reads /. But will he respond here? Doubtful. He won't even respond to polite email.
Feh. Just keep coding and bug fixing. He'll fade into oblivion with the rest of the naysayers.
Hence, my rancor. I'm no conspiricy theorist, I ain't that smart. ;)