Anyone who wants to take from the network should have something to contribute to the network, even if it is the same top 40 crap that 30 billion other people already have.
Re:Anti-spam law will not achieve much
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Meet the Spammers
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The problem is, simply, that listening to a nutjob on the street, turning down a pamphlet, etc., doesn't cost you anything monetarily. However, I pay for my ISP connection, I paid for my computer, and if I don't want to read some stupid email about making my penis larger, losing weight with <insert favorite 3 letter acronym here>, etc. I shouldn't have to.
Wouldn't this run into the same problem that the gnutella network has run into? I mean, as has been reported on/. (too lazy to search for the article), Gnutella doesn't scale very well because you have too much burden in handling the peer-to-peer communication. As more people got connected, wouldn't you run out of bandwidth for actual data?
Why is it that if Apple releases a product that only works with their systems without a third party application, everyone says "Oh, well of course. They sell Macs, so why shoot themselves in the foot by making it work with PC's running Windows?"
Now let's flip the situation. Someone makes an MP-3 player, printer, external hard drive, whatever, that only runs under Windows. Now everyone cries "Why don't they port it to Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, Joe's OS 0.001?"
I just want to know why it's fine for Apple to only make their hardware work with their OS, but everyone else should port to everything else?
The thing to realize is that many people running Pro/E are running on HP-UX workstations, so they do have the *nix experience. True, this software has been ported to Windows, but most of these packages (Pro/E, CATIA, Solidworks, Algor) started with roots in UNIX
Does anyone else wonder what would happen if some of the big artists told the record company to go take a flying leap and just distributed their music directly to the fans? I know Steven King tried that once, but just on the honor system (on the internet, HA). But, if they could take credit card payments, paypal (evil), etc., people could download the music and burn a copy of it, or put it on a portable MP3 player, or just play it from the PC.
After all, of the roughly $18/CD, how much do you think that the artist really sees?
How about if subscribers get a 20 minute advantage on posting comments to a story?
I've been wondering about the same thing. Paid subscibers get X amount of time to view and post on stories, then non-paying subscribers (who view the ads, give over a little personal info, etc.) get X amount of time to view and post. Finally, all of the AC's get their time.
Imagine! A world where you don't have to deal so much with AC first post, goatse links, etc. That would almost be a better crap filter than moderation
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The one thing that I'd be worried about with wi-fi is interference. With cable runs, you can handle shielding better. As it stands, they want you to turn off your laptop, portable CD player, cell phone, etc. during takeoff and landing.
Then again, if those are fine to use during the flight, then maybe this would be OK too. Any electrical engineers (or IANAEE) care to comment?
Get an unpublished phone number. I know, it costs $$$ but I think it's worth it. My wife wanted one for personal reasons and I've received 2-3 calls in 3 years, and those were from the stupid phone company. At that point and time, I told them this number was unlisted, take me off your calling list, and they later sent me a letter confirming my request.
I'm just waiting for the ads showing the PCS guy with one of these phones.
PCSG:John, tell me what happened.
John:Well, me and some buddies were out having a guys' night out. We had some drinks. Everything was going pretty good. Then this girl came up to us. She was really HOT!
PCSG:John, did you go home with her?
John:(Sheepishly) Yeah.
PCSG:What happened next?
John:I woke up in a bathtub full of ice, with a note that said I should call 911, and found out I was missing a kidney!
PCSG:John, what you really need is this new PCS phone with face recognition technology. You could have identified her and let one of your buddies "jump on the grenade"
Doesn't the existance of programs like 98lite prove that Windows can run without IE. Yes the mshtml.dll engine is left in there for programs that want to use it, but the browser itself can be purged. Why isn't this proof enough?
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Simple, download CDEX (it's free), insert CD, rip to MP3, share folder.
Anyone who wants to take from the network should have something to contribute to the network, even if it is the same top 40 crap that 30 billion other people already have.
The problem is, simply, that listening to a nutjob on the street, turning down a pamphlet, etc., doesn't cost you anything monetarily. However, I pay for my ISP connection, I paid for my computer, and if I don't want to read some stupid email about making my penis larger, losing weight with <insert favorite 3 letter acronym here>, etc. I shouldn't have to.
Do you think that <voice style="Dr. Evil">3.5 billion dollars</voice> is actual money, or just another accounting glitch?
Hmmmmm.......
My local Qwest (ugh!) calls it Anonymous Call Rejection, and I believe that it requires a caller ID service from the phone co.
Wouldn't this run into the same problem that the gnutella network has run into? I mean, as has been reported on /. (too lazy to search for the article), Gnutella doesn't scale very well because you have too much burden in handling the peer-to-peer communication. As more people got connected, wouldn't you run out of bandwidth for actual data?
Why is it that if Apple releases a product that only works with their systems without a third party application, everyone says "Oh, well of course. They sell Macs, so why shoot themselves in the foot by making it work with PC's running Windows?"
Now let's flip the situation. Someone makes an MP-3 player, printer, external hard drive, whatever, that only runs under Windows. Now everyone cries "Why don't they port it to Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, Joe's OS 0.001?"
I just want to know why it's fine for Apple to only make their hardware work with their OS, but everyone else should port to everything else?
The thing to realize is that many people running Pro/E are running on HP-UX workstations, so they do have the *nix experience. True, this software has been ported to Windows, but most of these packages (Pro/E, CATIA, Solidworks, Algor) started with roots in UNIX
Does anyone else wonder what would happen if some of the big artists told the record company to go take a flying leap and just distributed their music directly to the fans? I know Steven King tried that once, but just on the honor system (on the internet, HA). But, if they could take credit card payments, paypal (evil), etc., people could download the music and burn a copy of it, or put it on a portable MP3 player, or just play it from the PC.
After all, of the roughly $18/CD, how much do you think that the artist really sees?
How about "Zope on a Rope"?
I know it's childish, but do you ever catch flack for being #2
Sorry, couldn't resist.
I've been wondering about the same thing. Paid subscibers get X amount of time to view and post on stories, then non-paying subscribers (who view the ads, give over a little personal info, etc.) get X amount of time to view and post. Finally, all of the AC's get their time.
Imagine! A world where you don't have to deal so much with AC first post, goatse links, etc. That would almost be a better crap filter than moderation
The one thing that I'd be worried about with wi-fi is interference. With cable runs, you can handle shielding better. As it stands, they want you to turn off your laptop, portable CD player, cell phone, etc. during takeoff and landing.
Then again, if those are fine to use during the flight, then maybe this would be OK too. Any electrical engineers (or IANAEE) care to comment?
I imagine:
PS. I would have capitalized those as necessary, but the lameness filter bit me in the ass.
Get an unpublished phone number. I know, it costs $$$ but I think it's worth it. My wife wanted one for personal reasons and I've received 2-3 calls in 3 years, and those were from the stupid phone company. At that point and time, I told them this number was unlisted, take me off your calling list, and they later sent me a letter confirming my request.
I'm just waiting for the ads showing the PCS guy with one of these phones.
PCSG:John, tell me what happened.
John:Well, me and some buddies were out having a guys' night out. We had some drinks. Everything was going pretty good. Then this girl came up to us. She was really HOT!
PCSG:John, did you go home with her?
John:(Sheepishly) Yeah.
PCSG:What happened next?
John:I woke up in a bathtub full of ice, with a note that said I should call 911, and found out I was missing a kidney!
PCSG:John, what you really need is this new PCS phone with face recognition technology. You could have identified her and let one of your buddies "jump on the grenade"
Search google.
Eric S. Raymond, author of The Cathedral and the Bazaar, was involved in this which is where I first heard of it.
Doesn't the existance of programs like 98lite prove that Windows can run without IE. Yes the mshtml.dll engine is left in there for programs that want to use it, but the browser itself can be purged. Why isn't this proof enough?
- Get the source
- Probe for devices
- Configure, make, make install
more people might consider using Linux because one of the major hassles is removed.