This doesn't seem like it'd work. All of the whatever.slashdot.org entries I try resolve to the same IP address, so as far as I can tell, the only way Slashdot knows which color scheme to apply is by using whatever hostname your web browser passes as part of it's request, which changing DNS records isn't going to affect.
The games color scheme is ugly, but at least it's readable since there is enough contrast between the text and background. This IT scheme, on the other hand, has some serious problems as the white text, for me anyway, kind blurs against the brown background. They could fix it by making the text black instead of white.
If someserver.com sets up a SPF record saying that mail.someserver.com is the only host allowed to send mail using that domain, then zombies won't be able to send any messages using that domain as their IP address will not match what is specified in the SPF record.
If you don't have any SPF entries published as part of your DNS record, then receiving hosts won't try to do any SPF authentication. So if you don't want to or can't set up SPF records, then no worries, your mail will be treated the same as it always has been.
Doom III's "Okay" mode will probably look just as good as the "High Quality" mode on the games that were popular a year or two ago. If you want the new eye candy that Doom III's "High Quality" mode will provide, then you need a card capable of handling all that eye candy. OTOH, if you're happy with the quality you're used to seeing, then you should be fine using the card you already have.
Hands free systems seem to be one of the more popular uses. There are wireless headsets you can buy that communicate with your phone via Bluetooth. Alot of new cars also come equipped with Bluetooth hands free systems built in.
That's why all posts should have a CVS like system to view changes, much like Wikipedia has for their entries. Because Slashdot just doesn't require enough resources to run as it is.
The actual file transfer mechanism is definately more intelligent, but Kazaaa and the like still have their place. If I wanted to share a big directory of MP3s using BitTorrent, I would either need to create individual torrents for each MP3, or make one mondo torrent with the whole directory. Neither is a very efficient solution.
WinMX is a decent compromise between Kazaa and BitTorrent. People with partial downloads can still upload the part they have so it has that benefit of BitTorrent, but also has the searching functionality of Kazaa.
It's also worth noting that most people use BitTorrent for larger files like ISOs. So even though the traffic in bytes in higher, I'm willing to byte when it comes to "number of files transferred", Kazaa still has the lead.
They installed their monitoring system at the ISPs, so they can just analyze packets going into and out of the ISP's network. Kazaa packets and BitTorrent packets will look different and be destined for different ports, so it wouldn't be too difficult for the software to tell the difference.
You must have missed the "worth switching to" part:) IE 5 and beyond pretty much dominated over the NS 4.x releases. It's weird to think, looking back, we used to complain about how poor NS's CSS handling was compared to IEs...
To be completely fair, it's taken several years for people to start discovering other browsers because it's taken several years for there to come into existance a free browser worth switching to.
... is the mascot they present when you visit their respective web sites.
Linux = Penguin = Warm and cuddly. FreeBSD = Cartoony demon = Warm (hot?) and cuddly. NetBSD = Many cartoony demons = Even warmer and cuddlier than FreeBSD. OpenBSD = Blowfish with a leaash on another fish with a spiked collar = spiky, poisonous, and into S&M
For some, very simple images (such as the Slashdot logo in the top left), GIF files are often a bit smaller than the equivalent PNG.
Once upon a time I thought about converting all of the little GIFs that are used on my installation to PNG just to do away with the "evil" GIF format. Until I realized all of these images would be twice as big and the page would take longer to load.
"Drastically slower sync interface" is misleading, but I can see how an iPod would be faster in transferring files. Your average notebook sized hard drive such as those used in the iPod probably has a faster write speed than most Flash memory devices, so writing a large amount of data would be faster.
They're using compressed air just to launch the fireworks into the air. The actual fireworks themselves are still going to contain gun powder and such, so you'll still have the big bang when the firework explodes and still get some black snow. There just won't be that big cloud of smoke when it goes up.
The fact that submitter made a point to explain the distinction between little "b" and big "B", but then goes on to use little "m" for "micro" instead of big "M" for "mega" is confusing enough.
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This doesn't seem like it'd work. All of the whatever.slashdot.org entries I try resolve to the same IP address, so as far as I can tell, the only way Slashdot knows which color scheme to apply is by using whatever hostname your web browser passes as part of it's request, which changing DNS records isn't going to affect.
The games color scheme is ugly, but at least it's readable since there is enough contrast between the text and background. This IT scheme, on the other hand, has some serious problems as the white text, for me anyway, kind blurs against the brown background. They could fix it by making the text black instead of white.
If someserver.com sets up a SPF record saying that mail.someserver.com is the only host allowed to send mail using that domain, then zombies won't be able to send any messages using that domain as their IP address will not match what is specified in the SPF record.
If you don't have any SPF entries published as part of your DNS record, then receiving hosts won't try to do any SPF authentication. So if you don't want to or can't set up SPF records, then no worries, your mail will be treated the same as it always has been.
Doom III's "Okay" mode will probably look just as good as the "High Quality" mode on the games that were popular a year or two ago. If you want the new eye candy that Doom III's "High Quality" mode will provide, then you need a card capable of handling all that eye candy. OTOH, if you're happy with the quality you're used to seeing, then you should be fine using the card you already have.
I have Verizon DSL in Dallas, and I have no such restriction on outgoing SMTP, so that seems to be a regional thing. I also use DHCP instead of PPPoE.
Hands free systems seem to be one of the more popular uses. There are wireless headsets you can buy that communicate with your phone via Bluetooth. Alot of new cars also come equipped with Bluetooth hands free systems built in.
That's why all posts should have a CVS like system to view changes, much like Wikipedia has for their entries. Because Slashdot just doesn't require enough resources to run as it is.
The actual file transfer mechanism is definately more intelligent, but Kazaaa and the like still have their place. If I wanted to share a big directory of MP3s using BitTorrent, I would either need to create individual torrents for each MP3, or make one mondo torrent with the whole directory. Neither is a very efficient solution.
WinMX is a decent compromise between Kazaa and BitTorrent. People with partial downloads can still upload the part they have so it has that benefit of BitTorrent, but also has the searching functionality of Kazaa.
It's also worth noting that most people use BitTorrent for larger files like ISOs. So even though the traffic in bytes in higher, I'm willing to byte when it comes to "number of files transferred", Kazaa still has the lead.
They installed their monitoring system at the ISPs, so they can just analyze packets going into and out of the ISP's network. Kazaa packets and BitTorrent packets will look different and be destined for different ports, so it wouldn't be too difficult for the software to tell the difference.
You must have missed the "worth switching to" part :) IE 5 and beyond pretty much dominated over the NS 4.x releases. It's weird to think, looking back, we used to complain about how poor NS's CSS handling was compared to IEs...
Oddly enough, I don't see anything on Mozilla's page pointing users to IE or Opera as alternatives. The bastards!
To be completely fair, it's taken several years for people to start discovering other browsers because it's taken several years for there to come into existance a free browser worth switching to.
... is the mascot they present when you visit their respective web sites.
Linux = Penguin = Warm and cuddly.
FreeBSD = Cartoony demon = Warm (hot?) and cuddly.
NetBSD = Many cartoony demons = Even warmer and cuddlier than FreeBSD.
OpenBSD = Blowfish with a leaash on another fish with a spiked collar = spiky, poisonous, and into S&M
I was looking at converting the little mini icons on the top of my forum. Some get bigger using PNG, some get smaller.
u bSilver/ima ges/icon_mini_calendar.gif
For example, using the icon for the calendar:
http://forums.mypuppet.net/templates/s
Original size: 204 bytes
Converted to PNG using ImageMagick: 235 bytes
I tried pngcrush to see if I could squeeze out a few bytes the output was still 235 bytes.
For some, very simple images (such as the Slashdot logo in the top left), GIF files are often a bit smaller than the equivalent PNG.
Once upon a time I thought about converting all of the little GIFs that are used on my installation to PNG just to do away with the "evil" GIF format. Until I realized all of these images would be twice as big and the page would take longer to load.
The old P4s at least had hundreds of little pins on them that could put a fair amount of hurt on someone if you jammed it in somewhere soft.
With these new pinless LGA775 processors, the best you could hope to do is to try and get someone to try and swallow it and choke on it.
"Drastically slower sync interface" is misleading, but I can see how an iPod would be faster in transferring files. Your average notebook sized hard drive such as those used in the iPod probably has a faster write speed than most Flash memory devices, so writing a large amount of data would be faster.
They're using compressed air just to launch the fireworks into the air. The actual fireworks themselves are still going to contain gun powder and such, so you'll still have the big bang when the firework explodes and still get some black snow. There just won't be that big cloud of smoke when it goes up.
The article doesn't claim it to be the first Unix store. The word "Unix" isn't even mentioned once in the article.
The claim in both the Slashdot story and the article is that this is the first *Linux* store.
DOH! Leave it to me to miss 'milli' when trying to correct a 'mega'. :)
The fact that submitter made a point to explain the distinction between little "b" and big "B", but then goes on to use little "m" for "micro" instead of big "M" for "mega" is confusing enough.
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The link in the article points to SpamBayes again.
War low riding?