Does anyone here think that, when the whole of the Internet has moved to IPv6, DHCP-like autoconfiguration will die? Of course DHCP helps when a large group of intermittently-connected hosts share a small block of addresses, but will this ability be needed when IPv6 gives enough bits to address every atom on the planet?
The problem I see with DHCP is that it is a hindrance to the little guy, a way to enforce unnecessary ISP pricing structures, and even somewhat of a barrier to free speech. When an ISP makes its users configure their hosts with DHCP, they keep that host from having a permanent address. It is somewhat more difficult to run a public Internet server when the server's address changes constantly. Services exist to dynamically point a DNS name to a DHCP-configured host (I use tzo.com), but this still represents a hassle and undermines the reliablility of the server's network connection. Plus, if your ISP gets tired of your practice, you may be faced with an ultimatum: lose your account or upgrade your connection to the highway-robbery level. That's right; if you wanna play, you gotta pay -- even though you're paying an arm and a leg more for the same technology as before.
So what will it be? Will the ability to give a fixed address to anyone on the planet who wants one be embraced, or will dynamic addressing still be enforced on the lowly ISP subscriber?
All I can say to this trend is right on! I just picked up Gundam Wind DVD Operation 1 last night at Hastings, and it greatly exceeded my expectations. I've also been impressed with the quality of a friend's Tenchi Muyo and Lain DVDs. This trend is IMHO a definite Good Thing. My favorite feature is the ability to hear English or Japanese depending on mood...
I agree! Robotech was my favorite cartoon as a kid, my favorite book series as a teen, and my favorite epic sci-fi plot today. I'll be buying the DVD's on release day.
...is because of people like this. 90% of all the university "computer scientists" that I have met (and that's quite a few) are doofuses who couldn't implement Towers of Hanoi to save their pathetic lives. It's interesting that one of them recommended that I indeed stop with a master's degree so as not to damage my reputation and marketability. Learn from books, people.
In this situation, you are still classifying things and subclassifying things. It's really not that different than having directories. You'll just have some whiz-bang 3D super-GUI that takes up 512MB of SDRGRAM when the same problem is already solved in 32KB embedded executives. You should work with this guy. At Microsoft, even.
I think that the beef that most people would have... they don't tell us what they're doing with this info
If I collect some public information at a library (provided it hasn't been banned by some authority (firewall)), why should I tell the libraries' proprietors what I am doing with said information? The whole "information wants to be free" thing works both ways.
This is really a cool development. I wonder what level of acceleration these methods of propulsion have, and at what distance beaming the required energy becomes infeasible.
They had a also better watch out for those Grid Bugs, too.
I don't see where the problem with genetic engineering is. Hmm, let's see: at some point in the future, we're all going to be smart, strong, and beautiful. It might be a rough ride getting to that point as people try to resist the inevitable, but the end result is good for humanity. The Gattaca world is only midway through the transformation.
Will this be the first time a person or organization was sued for not having strong enough Internet security? If so, then I'm glad it's happening just for the reason of getting the precedent set. Personally, I think that such a suit is somewhat scary: what if someone cracks my FreeBSD box at home, uses it in a DDOS attack, and my ISP (who is currently very nice to me) decides not only to terminate my account, but sue me? If such a thing became common, it would be an anti-boon for many individuals or small groups who want to run their own servers and don't have a large IT staff to manage security for their site. ISP's could say "Use our hosting services or take the chance of being sued". Yikes!
...only more complicated. Nowadays, we have the front-cover-is-multipage-pamphlet thing going on in addition to the wierd-geometric-oddity-shaped boxes. We've all got accustomed to the CD-case-only packages being things like "Super Windows Shareware Pack 47" on the bargain rack. I don't believe that any push towards standardization around CD-case-only packaging would be successful at all; the trend is the other way around.
Man, the star wars movies have always been some of my favorite movies (especially ep. 5). Sadly, though, I think that Episode 2 won't be up to par:
I've heard it's supposed to mostly be a love story. I don't go to sci-fi movies to see romance movies. I want to see lots of big, big spaceships, lots of tech, lots of explosions, and a plot to make it all real.
I also want to use my brain at least once during the movie. The main problem with Episode 1 is that it was IMHO way too geared toward kids, and as a result, dumbed down ("What are mitichlorians?" (sp?)). Amidst all the explosions and special effects, there has got to be an acceptable smarts-and-science-to-cute-cuddly-things ration. If not, you're basically getting Microsoft Windows: The Movie.
I'm not much of a Windows programmer, but I think you can write NT device drivers that run in kernel mode (meaning privilege level 0). Once you have that going, just use a few instructions in it to cause a processor exception, like maybe a page fault. You could then access the driver from other software. I do think this would be a slight security risk...:)
...but if you're going to design something utterly centralised, then to make it replace a reliable server farm you're going to end up reinventing the mainframe
...which might not be that bad of an idea for server-only uses. IMHO, of course.
So what if mp3board.com finds illegal drugs for you? Do they actually make drugs? Does that make my position any clearer?
No, because you goofed up your argument. The correct analogy would have been:
>> "So what if mp3board.com finds people who will sell you illegal drugs for you? Do they actually make drugs?"
And the answer is, of course, no, mp3board.com does not make illegal drugs. And again, I don't believe that saying "so-and-so is a drug dealer and he has crack" is by any means illegal.
You had better check whether or not that fascist country you obviously want to live in would let you post such things on the Internet... Anyway:
MP3Board.com has an automatic search engine which finds sites with MP3s, verifies that they're active and then posts links to them. Not content with providing this service for budding pirates, they then make it even easier to rip off artists by separating the links to genres such as "Legal MP3s", making it perfectly obiovus to even the dumbest script kiddie where to get pirate music!
So what if mp3board.com finds pirate music for you? Do they actually pirate music? NO! Consider this analogy: I go to a bunch of my friends and ask them what CD's they would let someone else borrow to make copies. I then tell someone else that these people exist. What have I done? I have merely collected information and disbursed it to someone else, which I believe is clearly withing my constitutional rights. Do you honestly believe that I should be prevented by law from talking about such information?
Whereas Napster has a passive role, MP3Board actively searches for content and categorises it.
There is actually no difference:
Napster:You tell the napster program where on your filesystem your downloadable MP3's are by using the program's configuration dialog. Napster then tells others about your files when they initiate a search.
mp3board.com:You tell the mp3board search engine where your downloadable MP3's are by posting them on your site. Mp3board then tells others about your files when the initiate a search.
Both of these methods are passive; the user has to make the MP3s public, the user has to initiate a search for the MP3s, and finally, the user has to download the MP3s. None of these programs/sites push MP3 data to you.
Looks like you can attach, among other things, an ethernet port (maybe more than one?) to this baby. It would be really cool if someone used these to build a super-server-on-steroids. Think about it: a bunch of these boards, each running several copies of some server, with the host machine left to manage the cards, complete disk I/O requests, and provide a user interface. This would also seem to me to be more secure than a traditional network of independent servers, since a whole farm might be reduced to a single machine. I would sure like to write that software someday! Thoughts, anyone?
I'm considering installing Mozilla on my FreeBSD box and using it as my regular web browser. I've heard nothing but good things about it, and even if half of them are true this browser will kick serious arse.
But really, I'd like to know from an actual user of Mozilla: how stable/fast/featureful is it in its current incarnation? Is it usable as an everyday, workhorse browser, or is it still not for the faint of heart? That is, compared to my current browser, Netscape 4.7, which hasn't been too reliable of late.
Like the subject says, its the whole system that sucks! I say we need an international entity responsible for domain name assignment and dispute resolution, and that each country that wishes to participate in the Internet must acknowledge the entity's authority. Maybe a UN-sponsored organization? Is this too unreasonable in the long run?
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Does anyone here think that, when the whole of the Internet has moved to IPv6, DHCP-like autoconfiguration will die? Of course DHCP helps when a large group of intermittently-connected hosts share a small block of addresses, but will this ability be needed when IPv6 gives enough bits to address every atom on the planet?
The problem I see with DHCP is that it is a hindrance to the little guy, a way to enforce unnecessary ISP pricing structures, and even somewhat of a barrier to free speech. When an ISP makes its users configure their hosts with DHCP, they keep that host from having a permanent address. It is somewhat more difficult to run a public Internet server when the server's address changes constantly. Services exist to dynamically point a DNS name to a DHCP-configured host (I use tzo.com), but this still represents a hassle and undermines the reliablility of the server's network connection. Plus, if your ISP gets tired of your practice, you may be faced with an ultimatum: lose your account or upgrade your connection to the highway-robbery level. That's right; if you wanna play, you gotta pay -- even though you're paying an arm and a leg more for the same technology as before.
So what will it be? Will the ability to give a fixed address to anyone on the planet who wants one be embraced, or will dynamic addressing still be enforced on the lowly ISP subscriber?
All I can say to this trend is right on! I just picked up Gundam Wind DVD Operation 1 last night at Hastings, and it greatly exceeded my expectations. I've also been impressed with the quality of a friend's Tenchi Muyo and Lain DVDs. This trend is IMHO a definite Good Thing. My favorite feature is the ability to hear English or Japanese depending on mood...
I agree! Robotech was my favorite cartoon as a kid, my favorite book series as a teen, and my favorite epic sci-fi plot today. I'll be buying the DVD's on release day.
Wow! Do you have a link?
...is because of people like this. 90% of all the university "computer scientists" that I have met (and that's quite a few) are doofuses who couldn't implement Towers of Hanoi to save their pathetic lives. It's interesting that one of them recommended that I indeed stop with a master's degree so as not to damage my reputation and marketability. Learn from books, people.
In this situation, you are still classifying things and subclassifying things. It's really not that different than having directories. You'll just have some whiz-bang 3D super-GUI that takes up 512MB of SDRGRAM when the same problem is already solved in 32KB embedded executives. You should work with this guy. At Microsoft, even.
it's unmanageable
No, that's what "directories" are for, silly.
I think that the beef that most people would have ... they don't tell us what they're doing with this info
If I collect some public information at a library (provided it hasn't been banned by some authority (firewall)), why should I tell the libraries' proprietors what I am doing with said information? The whole "information wants to be free" thing works both ways.
The information is out there, free, public, to be had. I would say that most of us would be hypocrites if we were to get mad about this...
This is really a cool development. I wonder what level of acceleration these methods of propulsion have, and at what distance beaming the required energy becomes infeasible.
They had a also better watch out for those Grid Bugs, too.
I don't see where the problem with genetic engineering is. Hmm, let's see: at some point in the future, we're all going to be smart, strong, and beautiful. It might be a rough ride getting to that point as people try to resist the inevitable, but the end result is good for humanity. The Gattaca world is only midway through the transformation.
Will this be the first time a person or organization was sued for not having strong enough Internet security? If so, then I'm glad it's happening just for the reason of getting the precedent set. Personally, I think that such a suit is somewhat scary: what if someone cracks my FreeBSD box at home, uses it in a DDOS attack, and my ISP (who is currently very nice to me) decides not only to terminate my account, but sue me? If such a thing became common, it would be an anti-boon for many individuals or small groups who want to run their own servers and don't have a large IT staff to manage security for their site. ISP's could say "Use our hosting services or take the chance of being sued". Yikes!
Now I will finally be able to afford a Pentium II!
...only more complicated. Nowadays, we have the front-cover-is-multipage-pamphlet thing going on in addition to the wierd-geometric-oddity-shaped boxes. We've all got accustomed to the CD-case-only packages being things like "Super Windows Shareware Pack 47" on the bargain rack. I don't believe that any push towards standardization around CD-case-only packaging would be successful at all; the trend is the other way around.
Man, the star wars movies have always been some of my favorite movies (especially ep. 5). Sadly, though, I think that Episode 2 won't be up to par:
Why would you hire an investigator when you have Microsoft Yakuza 2000?
I'm not much of a Windows programmer, but I think you can write NT device drivers that run in kernel mode (meaning privilege level 0). Once you have that going, just use a few instructions in it to cause a processor exception, like maybe a page fault. You could then access the driver from other software. I do think this would be a slight security risk... :)
From their copyright:
Elements of Microsoft websites are protected by ... unfair competition
Does this not make you want to ROTFL?
...which might not be that bad of an idea for server-only uses. IMHO, of course.
So what if mp3board.com finds illegal drugs for you? Do they actually make drugs? Does that make my position any clearer?
No, because you goofed up your argument. The correct analogy would have been:>> "So what if mp3board.com finds people who will sell you illegal drugs for you? Do they actually make drugs?"
And the answer is, of course, no, mp3board.com does not make illegal drugs. And again, I don't believe that saying "so-and-so is a drug dealer and he has crack" is by any means illegal.
You had better check whether or not that fascist country you obviously want to live in would let you post such things on the Internet... Anyway:
MP3Board.com has an automatic search engine which finds sites with MP3s, verifies that they're active and then posts links to them. Not content with providing this service for budding pirates, they then make it even easier to rip off artists by separating the links to genres such as "Legal MP3s", making it perfectly obiovus to even the dumbest script kiddie where to get pirate music!
So what if mp3board.com finds pirate music for you? Do they actually pirate music? NO! Consider this analogy: I go to a bunch of my friends and ask them what CD's they would let someone else borrow to make copies. I then tell someone else that these people exist. What have I done? I have merely collected information and disbursed it to someone else, which I believe is clearly withing my constitutional rights. Do you honestly believe that I should be prevented by law from talking about such information?
Whereas Napster has a passive role, MP3Board actively searches for content and categorises it.
There is actually no difference:
- Napster:You tell the napster program where on your filesystem your downloadable MP3's are by using the program's configuration dialog. Napster then tells others about your files when they initiate a search.
- mp3board.com:You tell the mp3board search engine where your downloadable MP3's are by posting them on your site. Mp3board then tells others about your files when the initiate a search.
Both of these methods are passive; the user has to make the MP3s public, the user has to initiate a search for the MP3s, and finally, the user has to download the MP3s. None of these programs/sites push MP3 data to you.Looks like you can attach, among other things, an ethernet port (maybe more than one?) to this baby. It would be really cool if someone used these to build a super-server-on-steroids. Think about it: a bunch of these boards, each running several copies of some server, with the host machine left to manage the cards, complete disk I/O requests, and provide a user interface. This would also seem to me to be more secure than a traditional network of independent servers, since a whole farm might be reduced to a single machine. I would sure like to write that software someday! Thoughts, anyone?
I'm considering installing Mozilla on my FreeBSD box and using it as my regular web browser. I've heard nothing but good things about it, and even if half of them are true this browser will kick serious arse.
But really, I'd like to know from an actual user of Mozilla: how stable/fast/featureful is it in its current incarnation? Is it usable as an everyday, workhorse browser, or is it still not for the faint of heart? That is, compared to my current browser, Netscape 4.7, which hasn't been too reliable of late.
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Like the subject says, its the whole system that sucks! I say we need an international entity responsible for domain name assignment and dispute resolution, and that each country that wishes to participate in the Internet must acknowledge the entity's authority. Maybe a UN-sponsored organization? Is this too unreasonable in the long run?
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