Actually, the link in the story isn't a referrer link. No commission will be earned by anyone on it. Which is a shame, since you can get $15 for every copy sold.
This group argues that, if its members are prohibited from calling people who do not want to be called, then two million telemarketers will lose their jobs. Of course, you could use pretty much the same reasoning to argue that laws against mugging cause unemployment among muggers. But that would be unfair. Muggers rarely intrude into your home.
Yes, bochs is a bugger to configure, and slow as all hell to run (I've still to get to the end of a Windows install without giving up after about 10 hours out of frustration)
But that's exactly why Apple should devote some resources to the project.
They could take bochs, make speed improvements to it and release the changes back to the community, then create a nice UI to define your machines.
Bochs isn't a VPC-killer *yet*, but I'm sure with a little Cupertino-assistance it shure could be.
As far as I can tell, this code doesn't deal well with protected WMA content. Attempts to convert some of the 30-day-licensed WMA files available to download from winamp.com proved fruitless.
I do not claim, however, to know what the hell I'm doing. This was just my first attempt.
* It's not our fault, it's the previous contractor's.
* It's not our fault, it's management.
* It's not our fault, it's the client.
* It's not our fault, the requirement are fuzzy.
* It's not our fault, it's the politics.
Well, bad news, bucko: Welcome to the software industry. You've just used up your quota of excuses. You cannot bitch about a project until the next fical year.
If you don't mind "giving your books away", Book Crossing (http://www.bookcrossing.com) encourages you to drop the books you're finished with off on trains, in cafes or just pass them on to your friends, and then track where they end up.
But then the paid-for-placement leanings of Overture nee Goto became more tempting, and ultimately triumphed. Why make only cents per click, when you can make much more from fools willing to pay more?
To say Microsoft killed Realnames is a simplification. MS may have been Realnames's biggest customer, but they were at death's door regardless.
With DirecTv, I pay an extra $13 a month for HBO. That buys me not just the ability to watch television without commercial interruption, but also television without commercial interference.
By which I mean, they're not bleeped, cut or badly overdubbed when someone swears. I can see the actresses breasts whenever the director felt it artistically valid to show them.
And, let's face it, shows like Larry Sanders, Dennis Miller Live and Mr Show would never have been made on networks that had to pander to the advertising dollar.
So, Mr Kellner, here's the deal. For my annual $250, I demand to see programming that isn't lowest common denominator bullshit that only exists to fill the time between you showing me the clips trying to convince me to buy more cornflakes.
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Auntie's done this a couple of times with BBC3 shows. The Mighty Boosh and Tittybangbang spring to mind.
More worryingly -- If I install this unofficial patch, will it screw up the offical MS patch when that's released?
Rod.
Or the fact that the "World Wildlife Fund" changed its name to be the "World Wide Fund for Nature"?
It's all namechangetastic.
Rod.
I am Jack's mild amusement at Vivendi Universal missing the plot altogether.
Rod.
No -- That's Amazon's internal click-monitoring, tracking how people move around the website.
Rod.
Actually, the link in the story isn't a referrer link. No commission will be earned by anyone on it. Which is a shame, since you can get $15 for every copy sold.
So in an attempt to redress the balance, here's my cash-whoring attempt. Give ME your referral credit!
Rod.
rOD.
It's almost like they deliberately released it on a Sunday evening, when /. reading is relatively low.
Let's see them release a new kernel on a Monday morning at 9am. That'd get their bandwidth pumping.
rOD.
No -- you'll just find the next proxy down the chain. And unless *they*'re running logging, that's no help
rOD.
Will this update enable my 2x SuperDrive to write at a higher speed?
This update enables you to read from and write to the new media, but it does not increase the speed of the drive.
Yes, bochs is a bugger to configure, and slow as all hell to run (I've still to get to the end of a Windows install without giving up after about 10 hours out of frustration)
But that's exactly why Apple should devote some resources to the project.
They could take bochs, make speed improvements to it and release the changes back to the community, then create a nice UI to define your machines.
Bochs isn't a VPC-killer *yet*, but I'm sure with a little Cupertino-assistance it shure could be.
rOD.
You mean you don't rip your MP3s at 15Mbps?
rOD.
As far as I can tell, this code doesn't deal well with protected WMA content. Attempts to convert some of the 30-day-licensed WMA files available to download from winamp.com proved fruitless.
I do not claim, however, to know what the hell I'm doing. This was just my first attempt.
Anyone know any differently?
rOD.
Was there much difference between UK and US teams on Junkyard Wars? Did they have notably different attitudes or approaches?
rOD.
Forgive me if I misquote:
* It's not our fault, it's the previous contractor's.
* It's not our fault, it's management.
* It's not our fault, it's the client.
* It's not our fault, the requirement are fuzzy.
* It's not our fault, it's the politics.
Well, bad news, bucko: Welcome to the software industry. You've just used up your quota of excuses. You cannot bitch about a project until the next fical year.
rOD.
Also "connecting via sockets".
(Hmmm... if the gas company offered internet connectivity too, could you connect via pipes?)
Old jokes a-go-go, chums.
rOD.
So, here's what you do.
Install ZoneAlarm (free version works fine) then install Gator. When Gator tries to connect to the internet, don't let it.
Now you can enjoy Gator's software, without them making any money from advertising. Kind of like what they're doing to the websites!
(NB: This assumes you actually *want* the Gator software to store all your passwords & credit card numbers on your hard drive)
rOD.
If you don't mind "giving your books away", Book Crossing (http://www.bookcrossing.com) encourages you to drop the books you're finished with off on trains, in cafes or just pass them on to your friends, and then track where they end up.
It's a rather sweetly viral approach.
rOD.
Is there a way to moderate a story as Troll -1?
rOD.
Personally, I still wonder what was the outcome of the Bo Bendtsen/Dr George Collins flamewar over the "Terminate" package.
It was fun to watch (and play in!)
rOD.
Try http://archives.thebbs.org/index.html
rOD.
Better technology? Or more profitability?
Of course, many moons ago, Google themselves delivered RealNames results, as did Altavista and others.
But then the paid-for-placement leanings of Overture nee Goto became more tempting, and ultimately triumphed. Why make only cents per click, when you can make much more from fools willing to pay more?
To say Microsoft killed Realnames is a simplification. MS may have been Realnames's biggest customer, but they were at death's door regardless.
rOD.
With DirecTv, I pay an extra $13 a month for HBO. That buys me not just the ability to watch television without commercial interruption, but also television without commercial interference.
By which I mean, they're not bleeped, cut or badly overdubbed when someone swears. I can see the actresses breasts whenever the director felt it artistically valid to show them.
And, let's face it, shows like Larry Sanders, Dennis Miller Live and Mr Show would never have been made on networks that had to pander to the advertising dollar.
So, Mr Kellner, here's the deal. For my annual $250, I demand to see programming that isn't lowest common denominator bullshit that only exists to fill the time between you showing me the clips trying to convince me to buy more cornflakes.
Sound good?
rOD.
Nah, the credit card option's been on the subscribe page for about a week now. They only just got around to announcing it today.
rOD.
Yes.
http://neuron.com/~jason/ipod.html
rOD.