You're not quite good enough. You're semi-good. You're quasi-good. You're the margarine of good. You're the Diet Coke of good, just one calorie, not good enough
That's something I hadn't thought about. I might be inclined to agree. Most people look to google as an unbiased yet authoritative source of information. Comprimised records pointing to goatse.cx, etc. would diminish the value of google as a resource.
Is google becoming a central point of failure?
on
HotBot Returns
·
· Score: 5, Insightful
By that I mean, look at the number of search sites who used to spider for results, and now just re-sell google links. I know that with bookmarks, blogs, etc. the web won't just shut down without a search function. But, what happens when someone hacks the DNS or DDoS google off the planet. Will this affect people severely?
Would google be an ideal grid computing idea? Would you donate disk space / processor cycles to run distributed google?
seriously there are some dangerous area you have to get into if you want to solve serious problems. I mean, would could probably create ppl with 4 arms, or 2 kidneys right now, but we don't.
and
Please think before you speak, for everyone's sake
Ok, I'm sure you got swept up in the moment, but the last time my midsection was X-rayed, I did have 2 kidneys. And no, I'm not a geneticly programmed freak of nature. I got that way naturally.
Re:Google contest ideas?
on
Google's new toys
·
· Score: 4, Interesting
About the mapping of searches to geographic data. There was a recent NYT article that went inside Google Labs, and in the lab, they have just that sort of thing. There's a 3-d world representation, and searches through an IP are mapped to the location of that IP. Search volume creates a color-changing peak that rises from the location. Larger volume creates a higher peak. It ends up looking like certain major cities are on fire.
I'd dredge up the/. article on it, but the/. search sucks.
I know you're being funny, but with Google selling, esentially a mini-Google for your network, and their unobtrusive but useful advertising revenue, I doubt they will have to resort to those kinds of tactics.
Although, a paid for subscription service for adult content may be a good idea. Search porn.google.com for whatever freaky fetish you have in mind. Hmm...
Perhaps we can just compile gcc using "gcc -O9". Then use our "highly optimized" gcc to build the rest of our systems. That should really crank up the stability.
This post should be closed-captioned for the humor impaired
Ok, replying to my own post, but it seems the easiest way to cover what many people above have said (HTTPS, port 80). What keeps you from getting an IP, establishing a (SSH/other favorite non-web protocol) connection, and using this connection without paying?
Ok, I understand how, with a "Public Internet Terminal" like those cheesy ads on DirecTV, you get paid by people putting in money or swiping a credit card. How does this work with a wireless access point? Your card is going to pick up a signal. You may not want to key your credit card info over the airwaves to this unknown box. Do you walk up to the box, swipe your card, then key in the MAC address of your wireless card?
If I recall, I read that many ATMs (automated teller machines, not asynchronous transfer mode) use(d) OS/2 as their software. Don't know why. Don't know if they still do. Don't really care.
That's not exactly the poster is asking, because the doesn't want to click the menu for all document. However, it's the best solution because other converters suggested above could not transform the doucment so perfectly, as the transformation it's part of the Word itself.
May be he could write macro to automate the process?
I couldn't agree more. I'd hate to open each file, select print, and enter a filename. However, I also agree that VBA is probably geared toward this exact problem.
I love pico. I just installed a Debian box, however, and Pine doesn't seem to fit the licensing for Debian, so I installed nano. It's very similar to pico, without the security problems of pine.
But, imagine getting a scratch on this. If you think it sucks when your favorite CD skips, or your LotR jumps because of a scratch; think about what happens when your memory skips.
On second thought, it'd be like getting drunk and forgetting what happened, only much cheaper! Bring on the memory DVD!
Slashdot Mirror
You're not quite good enough. You're semi-good. You're quasi-good. You're the margarine of good. You're the Diet Coke of good, just one calorie, not good enough
My apologies to Dr. Evil
That's something I hadn't thought about. I might be inclined to agree. Most people look to google as an unbiased yet authoritative source of information. Comprimised records pointing to goatse.cx, etc. would diminish the value of google as a resource.
By that I mean, look at the number of search sites who used to spider for results, and now just re-sell google links. I know that with bookmarks, blogs, etc. the web won't just shut down without a search function. But, what happens when someone hacks the DNS or DDoS google off the planet. Will this affect people severely?
Would google be an ideal grid computing idea? Would you donate disk space / processor cycles to run distributed google?
P.S., first post?
Pulling a couple of quotes out of context:
andOk, I'm sure you got swept up in the moment, but the last time my midsection was X-rayed, I did have 2 kidneys. And no, I'm not a geneticly programmed freak of nature. I got that way naturally.
About the mapping of searches to geographic data. There was a recent NYT article that went inside Google Labs, and in the lab, they have just that sort of thing. There's a 3-d world representation, and searches through an IP are mapped to the location of that IP. Search volume creates a color-changing peak that rises from the location. Larger volume creates a higher peak. It ends up looking like certain major cities are on fire.
I'd dredge up the /. article on it, but the /. search sucks.
I know you're being funny, but with Google selling, esentially a mini-Google for your network, and their unobtrusive but useful advertising revenue, I doubt they will have to resort to those kinds of tactics.
Although, a paid for subscription service for adult content may be a good idea. Search porn.google.com for whatever freaky fetish you have in mind. Hmm...
At $2.7 million Canadian ($22.95 USD), they might be able to buy some business card stock and feed it through the laser printer.
Just kidding
Perhaps we can just compile gcc using "gcc -O9". Then use our "highly optimized" gcc to build the rest of our systems. That should really crank up the stability.
This post should be closed-captioned for the humor impaired
Ok, replying to my own post, but it seems the easiest way to cover what many people above have said (HTTPS, port 80). What keeps you from getting an IP, establishing a (SSH/other favorite non-web protocol) connection, and using this connection without paying?
Ok, I understand how, with a "Public Internet Terminal" like those cheesy ads on DirecTV, you get paid by people putting in money or swiping a credit card. How does this work with a wireless access point? Your card is going to pick up a signal. You may not want to key your credit card info over the airwaves to this unknown box. Do you walk up to the box, swipe your card, then key in the MAC address of your wireless card?
Basically, what's phase 2 where
To quote a small section of your well-written post:
Does this mean the start of an OpenOS/2 project, much like OpenBeOS.If I recall, I read that many ATMs (automated teller machines, not asynchronous transfer mode) use(d) OS/2 as their software. Don't know why. Don't know if they still do. Don't really care.
You're kind of new here aren't you. This is par for the course. Welcome to /.
From jsse:
I couldn't agree more. I'd hate to open each file, select print, and enter a filename. However, I also agree that VBA is probably geared toward this exact problem.
For a variation on this, pick a good color Postscript printer, do the same print to file, then use Ghostscript to convert the PS to PDF
If you want to set it up, Gentoo has support for XFS.
Because, the corruption of the databases would explain the duplicate story postings. Come on guys, ride this one for all it's worth.
How about SimSlash. Features include:
Since slashcode is open source, we should be able to start working on a Sims plugin right now.
My bad. I must have never heard the 3 types joke.
Unless my /. math is off, 10-2 is 8, not 7. Also, here's a link to this phrase on a t-shirt from Thinkgeek
I love pico. I just installed a Debian box, however, and Pine doesn't seem to fit the licensing for Debian, so I installed nano. It's very similar to pico, without the security problems of pine.
But, imagine getting a scratch on this. If you think it sucks when your favorite CD skips, or your LotR jumps because of a scratch; think about what happens when your memory skips.
On second thought, it'd be like getting drunk and forgetting what happened, only much cheaper! Bring on the memory DVD!
Why? To push him over the edge?