Think about it, instead of assuming I'm trolling, because I'm 100% not at all.
Indian kids do well in the highest levels of spelling competitions. Latin American kids do well in the highest levels of baseball. African American kids do well in the highest levels of basketball and football. Why is that any different from the headline?
And neither art nor sports require knowledge or mental discipline to be successful.
You are 100% completely wrong, IMO. To excel at sports, to be truly good at them, you HAVE to have the will to succeed, the will to get up at 4:30am and go run, hit the gym, go to the batting cages, run routes, etc. I can't speak for art, since I am completely talentless when it comes to artistic endeavors. To say there is no mental discipline required shows a complete lack of understanding about success at high-levels of sports.
I guess I am different from "most geeks" in that a quick "How's it going" is easily answered with a single word: "Good" or "alright" or "bad" or whatever.
No, they're not asking you to spill the beans about how you're actually doing, they're merely greeting you.
There is absolutely no difference between "how's it going" and "hi", to...I'm guessing here...approx. 99% of the population.
Geeks are weird when considering the general population at large. (Myself included, I have my own idiosyncrasies, just not this one.)
In contrast, if you kill them all with fire (which they are very unlikely to be immune to) then none will survive to the next generation so the local population dies completely.
A rat immune to poisons AND fire would be amazing. In a few generations, we could have rats that are poison resistant, fire-resistant, metal-resistant, you name it.
Cmon man, get with the times. Everyone knows Soylent Green is the best way to eat green.
It even has green in the name, that way you know it's good.
I bike to work on my made from fallen trees wooden bike, where I work at a recycling center re-using discarded plastics to make art, then I eat my yummy soylent green-brand gruel. It's fantastic.
1) So you are claiming you are an expert? I asked a question, that sort of was answered in the OP, but considering the source was the guy who wrote the rip-off of Tetris, I was wondering if his summary was accurate.
2) If a larger company did something like this, people would react differently, I suspect.
3) I love people like you, mouthing off on the internet, saying someone is a total retard because they may not understand the ins and outs of "IP protections". I'm not a programmer. I don't know about IP laws because I don't create (or in this case, ripoff) "art". I hope you feel good about yourself, you smug asshole.
The Tetris Company, LLC has notified Google to remove all Tetris clones from Android Market. I am one of the developers of FallingBlocks, a game with the same gameplay concepts as Tetris.
So, if I understand this right, you've made a Tetris clone. (Unless "the same gameplay concepts" means something other than blocks fall towards the bottom of the screen, you can move them around and the goal is to get full lines across the entire line)
The company that owns Tetris basically said "We own the trademark and have a patent on the game play, they can't make their own version of it and sell it for profit".
Is that correct?
Because if that is the story, then I don't really see how this is a big deal at all.
Here's a "pro-tip" for you: acting like you have the full details of the situation when you've clearly not been given all of them makes you come across as a know it all. Now, I don't know you from anyone, so that may be an unfair statement, I don't know.
I do know that I could have solved the entire frigging issue if I had said "mid-sized" instead of not specifying the size of the company at all.
But, in typical slashdot fashion, most everyone jumped on the bandwagon (even though most couldn't spell switch if you spotted them the "itch") thinking they know what the hell they're talking about.
So...to sum up: I'll attempt to do a better job of describing the network in question when I'm discussing the pros and cons of a small edge device when it's being utilized as a core device incorrectly.
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So you hold the CEO personally responsible for this mishap? If that's the case, then I don't think anyone gets to complain about how much money CEOs make.
I mean, if I were the head of BP and every decision that was made pointed directly at me, then I'd for sure want a bajillion dollars a year.
That's a lot of pressure to be under.
I mean, what if that BP truck driver falls asleep at the wheel and kills a family of 4? That's on me, right?
Yeah, doesn't surprise me at all that of the countries that are "doing the best" bandwidth-wise, almost all of them are smaller countries.
Is that a new measurement? How many South Koreas can you fit in the US?
Aw, who am I kidding, even with FiOS I'm still envious of their baddassery when it comes to bandwidth. Kudos to them, each of those countries is definitely ahead of the curve infrastructure-wise.
A switch is a switch. What? So you'd be perfectly fine with using a 3com switch at your corporate headquarters for your company with 120+ employees and 100+ servers?
Performance and feature set were known at the time of purpose. No, just like the subject that was originally being discussed, the switch was put in place a long time ago and never swapped out, even though performance and work arounds had to constantly be put in place for it. (In this case, it was daisy-chaining additional switches, including, and I don't know why it wasn't moved into place as the core switch, a 6506.
The switch was chosen for a reason. And that reason was no longer valid. It was, again, going back to the crux of the article, more of a hindrance than a helper at that point. But rather than fix the problem, people kept slapping on band-aids.
If it gets the job done, then what are you complaining about? Because when I went into that company, it WASN'T getting the job done.
How will a NewFangledSuperSwitch make things better? Uh, by not having tons of collisions, dropped packets, slowness and causing loss of production? How much will it cost? The recommendation (which they followed) cost around $15,000 to add an additional sup II and a couple GB cards to the 6506. How long will it be until you recommend NewerRangledSuperDuperSwitch? That all depends on how long it takes before the company runs out of space on the 6506, and also takes into consideration EOL and EOS requirements from Cisco. So...for the time being, they're good (and happy now) for the next several years.
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Yeah, these days I can't tell if people are being serious or not on /.
Wheeee! Something just flew over my head. Lovely.
I'm glad you feel that way.
But TV commentators have been fired in the not too distant past for saying similar statements.
Please tell me how they're any different?
Think about it, instead of assuming I'm trolling, because I'm 100% not at all.
Indian kids do well in the highest levels of spelling competitions. Latin American kids do well in the highest levels of baseball. African American kids do well in the highest levels of basketball and football. Why is that any different from the headline?
And neither art nor sports require knowledge or mental discipline to be successful.
You are 100% completely wrong, IMO. To excel at sports, to be truly good at them, you HAVE to have the will to succeed, the will to get up at 4:30am and go run, hit the gym, go to the batting cages, run routes, etc. I can't speak for art, since I am completely talentless when it comes to artistic endeavors. To say there is no mental discipline required shows a complete lack of understanding about success at high-levels of sports.
Why are African Americans so good at Sports? Why are Latin American kids so good at baseball?
Oh wait, those are politically incorrect, isn't it? We're not allowed to talk about that.
How is the article ANY different?
Wow.
I guess I am different from "most geeks" in that a quick "How's it going" is easily answered with a single word: "Good" or "alright" or "bad" or whatever.
No, they're not asking you to spill the beans about how you're actually doing, they're merely greeting you.
There is absolutely no difference between "how's it going" and "hi", to...I'm guessing here...approx. 99% of the population.
Geeks are weird when considering the general population at large. (Myself included, I have my own idiosyncrasies, just not this one.)
It's more fun to complain rather than give kudos.
Heh, I typed judos at first instead of kudos. That would have worked too, I guess.
In contrast, if you kill them all with fire (which they are very unlikely to be immune to) then none will survive to the next generation so the local population dies completely.
A rat immune to poisons AND fire would be amazing. In a few generations, we could have rats that are poison resistant, fire-resistant, metal-resistant, you name it.
Awesome.
Basically, we'd have a group of cleric-rats.
God Bless, I'm half retarted*. I meant has instead of "have". Same principle though. /waits 2 minutes... /drinks more coffee
*yeah, I know, shut up AC.
The summary says "SpaceX are..." When referring to a single entity, shouldn't it be "is"? As in SpaceX is instead of are?
This has always bugged me, and I'm sure I'm wrong on this, but when referring to a single thing, is instead of are just makes sense.
Ok, carry on talking about launches and all that happy fun stuff.
Agreed.
What the hell is wrong with regular beer?
I mean, do people only drink to get drunk?
I enjoy a good beer as much as the next guy, but damn, man, I don't want to pick myself up off the floor after a couple, you know?
Much easier ways to get hammered than trying to make beer "hard".
Agreed, Metro-E is pretty fantastic for small to mid-sized businesses.
T1s, t3s and up are pretty much archaic anymore in urban areas. Sure, small companies can get by with a t1 or two, but why bother?
Metro-E is typically just as cheap if not cheaper for more bandwidth/better throughput.
I wish they would have explained the internet for people.
NEEEEAAARRRRRRRRR.................FAAAAAAARRRRRRRR.
God he'd probably do a better job than the "sandwich artists" at the actual Subway stores these days.
Slapping on condiments willy-nilly does not a good sandwich make.
Cmon man, get with the times. Everyone knows Soylent Green is the best way to eat green.
It even has green in the name, that way you know it's good.
I bike to work on my made from fallen trees wooden bike, where I work at a recycling center re-using discarded plastics to make art, then I eat my yummy soylent green-brand gruel. It's fantastic.
Cmon, slashdot, go green, you jerks!
SMS charges are absolutely ludicrous.
It amazes me that telcos can get away with charging so much for such a minimally network-intensive service.
Thanks for the reply. As I mentioned below, I'm not a programmer, so these doctrines and laws aren't something I'm up on at all.
Interesting.
Three things:
1) So you are claiming you are an expert? I asked a question, that sort of was answered in the OP, but considering the source was the guy who wrote the rip-off of Tetris, I was wondering if his summary was accurate.
2) If a larger company did something like this, people would react differently, I suspect.
3) I love people like you, mouthing off on the internet, saying someone is a total retard because they may not understand the ins and outs of "IP protections". I'm not a programmer. I don't know about IP laws because I don't create (or in this case, ripoff) "art". I hope you feel good about yourself, you smug asshole.
The Tetris Company, LLC has notified Google to remove all Tetris clones from Android Market. I am one of the developers of FallingBlocks, a game with the same gameplay concepts as Tetris.
So, if I understand this right, you've made a Tetris clone. (Unless "the same gameplay concepts" means something other than blocks fall towards the bottom of the screen, you can move them around and the goal is to get full lines across the entire line)
The company that owns Tetris basically said "We own the trademark and have a patent on the game play, they can't make their own version of it and sell it for profit".
Is that correct?
Because if that is the story, then I don't really see how this is a big deal at all.
I'm glad I saw this response.
Here's a "pro-tip" for you: acting like you have the full details of the situation when you've clearly not been given all of them makes you come across as a know it all. Now, I don't know you from anyone, so that may be an unfair statement, I don't know.
I do know that I could have solved the entire frigging issue if I had said "mid-sized" instead of not specifying the size of the company at all.
But, in typical slashdot fashion, most everyone jumped on the bandwagon (even though most couldn't spell switch if you spotted them the "itch") thinking they know what the hell they're talking about.
So...to sum up: I'll attempt to do a better job of describing the network in question when I'm discussing the pros and cons of a small edge device when it's being utilized as a core device incorrectly.
So you hold the CEO personally responsible for this mishap? If that's the case, then I don't think anyone gets to complain about how much money CEOs make.
I mean, if I were the head of BP and every decision that was made pointed directly at me, then I'd for sure want a bajillion dollars a year.
That's a lot of pressure to be under.
I mean, what if that BP truck driver falls asleep at the wheel and kills a family of 4? That's on me, right?
... why I'm glad I don't live in California. -1 troll at the moment, which is flat out retarded.
Yeah, doesn't surprise me at all that of the countries that are "doing the best" bandwidth-wise, almost all of them are smaller countries.
Is that a new measurement? How many South Koreas can you fit in the US?
Aw, who am I kidding, even with FiOS I'm still envious of their baddassery when it comes to bandwidth. Kudos to them, each of those countries is definitely ahead of the curve infrastructure-wise.
LOL. Troll troll is trolling.
Funny, but trolling nonetheless.
A switch is a switch. What? So you'd be perfectly fine with using a 3com switch at your corporate headquarters for your company with 120+ employees and 100+ servers?
Performance and feature set were known at the time of purpose. No, just like the subject that was originally being discussed, the switch was put in place a long time ago and never swapped out, even though performance and work arounds had to constantly be put in place for it. (In this case, it was daisy-chaining additional switches, including, and I don't know why it wasn't moved into place as the core switch, a 6506.
The switch was chosen for a reason. And that reason was no longer valid. It was, again, going back to the crux of the article, more of a hindrance than a helper at that point. But rather than fix the problem, people kept slapping on band-aids.
If it gets the job done, then what are you complaining about? Because when I went into that company, it WASN'T getting the job done.
How will a NewFangledSuperSwitch make things better? Uh, by not having tons of collisions, dropped packets, slowness and causing loss of production?
How much will it cost? The recommendation (which they followed) cost around $15,000 to add an additional sup II and a couple GB cards to the 6506.
How long will it be until you recommend NewerRangledSuperDuperSwitch? That all depends on how long it takes before the company runs out of space on the 6506, and also takes into consideration EOL and EOS requirements from Cisco. So...for the time being, they're good (and happy now) for the next several years.