Evolution doesn't make things better in the sense that we know. You might be best adapted to your current environment, but this doesn't necessarily make you better than your predecessor, only more likely to pass on your genes in the current situation.
Check out Irish Elk. There's a lot of different thoughts as to why they died-out, most involving their massive antlers. These were thought to be for mating display, where the most "evolved" had the biggest antlers and got all the girls. Along comes humans and a climate change which makes the antler advantage less appealing, and they're now extinct.
Since customers can create email accounts for other users it was a must that we run an outbound spam filter. It's picked-up on some servers, substantially. Luckily none of it sees the light of day, but the processing power required to send/receive email gets spiky.
Funny enough it tends to be the smaller accounts causing the most problems. Larger hosting packages tend to come with in-house support on the client side, and they create smarter passwords and smarter users:)
I work with a couple oil companies here in Alberta, and at their drilling sites you'll usually only have internet via a shared connection from data logging companies.
You barely get high-speed, but if you use a lower quality codec and are careful about setup the call quality is as good as a cell phone call. Which compared to nothing makes satellite internet awesome!:)
But seriously, this is scary stuff. I like the idea of a big IT house using the best and brightest to shut-down malware, but who decides what malware is? How are they making money from this?
I've seen folks comply with DMCA out of courtesy, but for the most part your Canadian-based providers would have a lot more tape before the RCMP knocked on their door for an American agency.
So far it seems the RCMP are mainly concerned with counterfeit goods and pot. Assuming we don't run out of these I'd imagine your colo is pretty safe:)
I helped a couple campaigns get a correcting message out in the last federal election when someone dialed a bunch of homes with the lie: "This is elections Canada, there has been a change in your polling station, please go to X to vote". Typically the fake poll was in the middle of a crowded mall or some other difficult to reach place, I'd assume the goal being to dissuade the voter or delay them until voting ended.
Politics in close ridings can be dirty business, and it's ultimately the Candidate and their Campaign Manager's responsibility to choose the tone of their campaign. It's not a partisan thing, I've been told by friends on other sides of the fence that this happened to their candidates in other ridings too.
My hope is that this crap gets enough press to inform the electorate so they don't fall for these again.
I'd dare say that following the garage analogy most folks here have all the best tools in it, even if a couple people may have borrowed theirs from Flanders.
Before I stopped for some slashdot I had a bunch of windows open for development:
- NuSphere PhpED - Firefox with phpMyAdmin open (and HeidiSQL behind it) - Putty on the Asterisk server I'm testing the app on - The web gui for my app
It's really nice seeing the result of my code on the server in real-time. Since both the GUI and Asterisk interact with MySQL directly it's great being able to refresh phpMyAdmin while I run through the motions of testing, and doubly-so to manipulate SQL statements then paste them into PhpED.
Do I need all those open at the same time? No. As much as having a rear-view and side mirrors on your car can be replaced by constant shoulder checking. It's a hassle with just one monitor, and with the extra screen space I'm able to save excessive alt-tabbing.
This is absolutely correct, to a point. If our total cost of manufacturing + delivery is less than outsourcing, products are built at home.
It only applies as long as we're the purchasing power however. Losing production for any length of time reduces our purchasing power because poor folk tend not to buy BMW's.
I travel with a laptop for remote access to business stuff, even on holidays (emergencies only, of course). Because of travel to the USA I've specifically bought a EEE that could be confiscated without too much out of pocket expense, but it's a real pain to operate some things on the tiny 10" screen instead of my purpose-bought Dell.
Does this seriously bother any other/.-ers? Having to double my personal hardware just to accommodate US travel is a pain in the ass for the overwhelming number of legitimate travelers, and there's nothing that couldn't get-into/leave the country via the internet anyway. Seems like there's no benefit at all to this nonsense.
Right. And if you drive home faster you use less fuel. Not.
Because the wind resistance when using all four cores is so high????
Seriously, it's the whole point of these new l33t aerodynamic cases. My 1600W power supply would have been way more efficient if I had an edgier case... and maybe glowiness and a see-thru panel.
There's some pretty clear reasons: clients, assets, market share, talent, etc.. Basically it's still the capitalism argument: the company exists to make money for its shareholders, and buying another company will make it more money... or so's the idea.
In context with how businesses operate I don't see this as good or bad. As a business owner you're no more or less removed from liability than you already are as a shareholder. If your comment was aimed at keeping the owners within one degree of separation from the business I'd agree it's a good idea, but there's other changes to how businesses can exist that would need to happen before looking at how a company is owned.
And shiny! And it'll change the world, again... again.
The sad part is I bought the iPad 1.0 fully knowing they'd change the world with 2.0 by adding a camera. On the plus side it's totally replaced my EEE for any emergency IT functions thanks to LogMeIn and a very nice SSH app.
Gives you a whole new way of thinking "illegal alien" then, eh?
I, for one, would like to see a fence erected to keep out comets potentially seeding our planet with life. In 3-5 billion years those spores may take our jobs!
We're a generation bringing in the first generation born into Facebook, Google, Wikipedia, etc.. I can only assume that on Slashdot our kids will be curious of what their parents do online at an early age, and very quickly figure out what they can do online too.
It's a little scary to give kids that kind of access to information, but I'm excited by the challenge. I fully intend to have them on my lap in front of the PC at an early age (among other less stationary activities), and when their old enough introduce them to online media, it's power, and teach/learn along the way.
Until they're teens of course, then that sh*t gets locked-up after sundown:). j/k... maybe...
This was the first FPS I really got into (+ the first one I learned mouse+kb for), and the level editor was amazingly easy at the time. Their timing was perfect for consumer network technology around here too where Doom2 or ROTT was still mainly a dialup game for most folks. And, pre-quake, the first video game engine to even attempt stacking levels on top of each other. Sure it was a teleport trick, but at least they tried.
After all these years they could Star Wars prequels this game and I'd still buy it. From the looks of it though they've kept Duke true to his roots so this should be all sorts of awesome.
Slashdot Mirror
Evolution doesn't make things better in the sense that we know. You might be best adapted to your current environment, but this doesn't necessarily make you better than your predecessor, only more likely to pass on your genes in the current situation.
Check out Irish Elk. There's a lot of different thoughts as to why they died-out, most involving their massive antlers. These were thought to be for mating display, where the most "evolved" had the biggest antlers and got all the girls. Along comes humans and a climate change which makes the antler advantage less appealing, and they're now extinct.
-Matt
While cloud computing follows the air acronym trend, I think what you're really referring to is SkyNet
Just think: in 50 years you'll be thanking Obama for shutting down datacentres that would have one day caused nuclear war
-Matt
For years. Seriously, who DOESN'T need a couple old Dell 2950's kicking around.
Ignore the excessive power bill, or fist-sized power outlets if you need to go with larger units :)
-Matt
Since customers can create email accounts for other users it was a must that we run an outbound spam filter. It's picked-up on some servers, substantially. Luckily none of it sees the light of day, but the processing power required to send/receive email gets spiky.
Funny enough it tends to be the smaller accounts causing the most problems. Larger hosting packages tend to come with in-house support on the client side, and they create smarter passwords and smarter users :)
-Matt
mdmeier at gmail dot com
Thanks!
-Matt
I've love one :)
mdmeier at gmail dot com
Thanks!
-Matt
mdmeier 'at' gmail.com
Thanks!
-Matt
I work with a couple oil companies here in Alberta, and at their drilling sites you'll usually only have internet via a shared connection from data logging companies.
You barely get high-speed, but if you use a lower quality codec and are careful about setup the call quality is as good as a cell phone call. Which compared to nothing makes satellite internet awesome! :)
-Matt
Botnet shuts-down You!
But seriously, this is scary stuff. I like the idea of a big IT house using the best and brightest to shut-down malware, but who decides what malware is? How are they making money from this?
-Matt
I've seen folks comply with DMCA out of courtesy, but for the most part your Canadian-based providers would have a lot more tape before the RCMP knocked on their door for an American agency.
So far it seems the RCMP are mainly concerned with counterfeit goods and pot. Assuming we don't run out of these I'd imagine your colo is pretty safe :)
-Matt
I helped a couple campaigns get a correcting message out in the last federal election when someone dialed a bunch of homes with the lie: "This is elections Canada, there has been a change in your polling station, please go to X to vote". Typically the fake poll was in the middle of a crowded mall or some other difficult to reach place, I'd assume the goal being to dissuade the voter or delay them until voting ended.
Politics in close ridings can be dirty business, and it's ultimately the Candidate and their Campaign Manager's responsibility to choose the tone of their campaign. It's not a partisan thing, I've been told by friends on other sides of the fence that this happened to their candidates in other ridings too.
My hope is that this crap gets enough press to inform the electorate so they don't fall for these again.
-Matt
I'd dare say that following the garage analogy most folks here have all the best tools in it, even if a couple people may have borrowed theirs from Flanders.
-Matt
Before I stopped for some slashdot I had a bunch of windows open for development:
- NuSphere PhpED
- Firefox with phpMyAdmin open (and HeidiSQL behind it)
- Putty on the Asterisk server I'm testing the app on
- The web gui for my app
It's really nice seeing the result of my code on the server in real-time. Since both the GUI and Asterisk interact with MySQL directly it's great being able to refresh phpMyAdmin while I run through the motions of testing, and doubly-so to manipulate SQL statements then paste them into PhpED.
Do I need all those open at the same time? No. As much as having a rear-view and side mirrors on your car can be replaced by constant shoulder checking. It's a hassle with just one monitor, and with the extra screen space I'm able to save excessive alt-tabbing.
-Matt
This is absolutely correct, to a point. If our total cost of manufacturing + delivery is less than outsourcing, products are built at home.
It only applies as long as we're the purchasing power however. Losing production for any length of time reduces our purchasing power because poor folk tend not to buy BMW's.
-Matt
I travel with a laptop for remote access to business stuff, even on holidays (emergencies only, of course). Because of travel to the USA I've specifically bought a EEE that could be confiscated without too much out of pocket expense, but it's a real pain to operate some things on the tiny 10" screen instead of my purpose-bought Dell.
Does this seriously bother any other /.-ers? Having to double my personal hardware just to accommodate US travel is a pain in the ass for the overwhelming number of legitimate travelers, and there's nothing that couldn't get-into/leave the country via the internet anyway. Seems like there's no benefit at all to this nonsense.
-Matt
Right. And if you drive home faster you use less fuel. Not.
Because the wind resistance when using all four cores is so high????
Seriously, it's the whole point of these new l33t aerodynamic cases. My 1600W power supply would have been way more efficient if I had an edgier case... and maybe glowiness and a see-thru panel.
-Matt
There's some pretty clear reasons: clients, assets, market share, talent, etc.. Basically it's still the capitalism argument: the company exists to make money for its shareholders, and buying another company will make it more money... or so's the idea.
In context with how businesses operate I don't see this as good or bad. As a business owner you're no more or less removed from liability than you already are as a shareholder. If your comment was aimed at keeping the owners within one degree of separation from the business I'd agree it's a good idea, but there's other changes to how businesses can exist that would need to happen before looking at how a company is owned.
-Matt
Silly 6-digit accounter, your age gives you away :P
-Matt
And shiny! And it'll change the world, again... again.
The sad part is I bought the iPad 1.0 fully knowing they'd change the world with 2.0 by adding a camera. On the plus side it's totally replaced my EEE for any emergency IT functions thanks to LogMeIn and a very nice SSH app.
-Matt
Gives you a whole new way of thinking "illegal alien" then, eh?
I, for one, would like to see a fence erected to keep out comets potentially seeding our planet with life. In 3-5 billion years those spores may take our jobs!
-Matt
Happy with your successful first post!
We're a generation bringing in the first generation born into Facebook, Google, Wikipedia, etc.. I can only assume that on Slashdot our kids will be curious of what their parents do online at an early age, and very quickly figure out what they can do online too.
It's a little scary to give kids that kind of access to information, but I'm excited by the challenge. I fully intend to have them on my lap in front of the PC at an early age (among other less stationary activities), and when their old enough introduce them to online media, it's power, and teach/learn along the way.
Until they're teens of course, then that sh*t gets locked-up after sundown :). j/k... maybe...
-Matt
This was the first FPS I really got into (+ the first one I learned mouse+kb for), and the level editor was amazingly easy at the time. Their timing was perfect for consumer network technology around here too where Doom2 or ROTT was still mainly a dialup game for most folks. And, pre-quake, the first video game engine to even attempt stacking levels on top of each other. Sure it was a teleport trick, but at least they tried.
After all these years they could Star Wars prequels this game and I'd still buy it. From the looks of it though they've kept Duke true to his roots so this should be all sorts of awesome.
-Matt
"despite the media-furor, consumers did not line up at Apple Stores demanding refunds"
Of course not. The tech savvy waited for their free case, and the knuckle-dragging hipsters bought a fashionable iGlove.
How exactly are Analysts still getting paid to analyze this?
-Matt
Then grabbed a sock.
1. Notice non-random numbering on lottery tickets
2. Research lottery tickets and crack the code to money
3. Call press conference
Don't we all know what step 3 should be?
-Matt