Try "Why is windows crashing so often". Same hilarity.
And this is something I would have a reason to search about. Or do you want to imply that anybody outside of Slashdot would never be critical of microsoft?
Interesting that IE8s dialog for choosing a search engine to replace bing (in addition to being utterly confusing), manages to list Google almost the last.
So, in every case they choose a different ranking function, one that suits them. But of course, who would expect otherwise...
It is of course possible to formulate the selection criteria so that Google will come extremely unprominently shown somewhere at the bottom. Which Microsoft did in this case, quite successfully.
I actively tried to switch the default search engine to Google, and guess what, it was hard to find even knowing what I'm looking about.
If I was Google, I'd file an antitrust petition against this NOW.
Just sit down with it, but instead of writing new code, clean it up, or add some tests around it. There are two benefits:
It will start looking much better, and you'll have a better feeling about it.
You'll get yourself back into context, and before you know it, you'll find you want to do some development at it.
I have a similar problem: I have a project that I would really like to work on, but can find time only occasionally. I have found that coming back to it after a long time is very hard. I have my lists, but starting something is just formidable. So, I start by reading around, doing little stuff here and there and just cleaning it up, until I feel confident enough to do something.
Guess what, Google is not mentioned there.
Haha
Even nicer, try to search "google" and "microsoft" on bing. Compare.
I for one wouldn't trust a search engine so biased.
It's already on youtube, no silverlight!
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http://trac.manent-backup.com/
Easy: yes, after a first setup. Reliable - yes. Versioned: you bet! Actually, every backup you do is accessible as a different version, with a very little overhead.
Before that, come on! Another GUI, another annoying interface to manage your files. I would like to choose my own tools to connect to the remote system. And the amount of bells and whistles in the program is just, honestly, too much.
They could provide FTP (or even better, SFTP).
But if they provide some kind of API, Manent (http://trac.manent-backup.com) might be an interesting application to make use of it (yes, yes, I'm the author:) )
Manent does it - I'm welcoming collaboration. Check it out at http://freshmeat.net/projects/manent. I'm not leaving my email here but you'll find it if you drill down to the project website.
Well, it's feature list is exactly what you want and some more:). Here's the project description:
Manent is an algorithmically strong backup and archival program. It features efficient backup to anything that looks like storage. Currently it supports plain filesystems ("directories"), FTP, and SFTP. Planned are Amazon S3, optical disks, and email (SMTP and IMAP). It can work (making progress towards finishing a backup) over a slow and unreliable network. It can offer online access to the contents of the backup. Backed up storage is completely encrypted. Backup is incremental, including changed parts of large files. Moved, renamed, and duplicate files will not require additional storage. Several computers can use the same storage for backup, automatically sharing data. Both very large and very small files are supported efficiently. Manent does not rely on timestamps of the remote system to detect changes.
Check it out: http://freshmeat.net/projects/manent. It's under active development (the UI and the setup are currently in fetal stage) but the basic functionality is there and is well tested.
Disclaimer: I am the author.
Consider Manent (http://trac.manent-backup.com , freshmeat entry: http://freshmeat.net/projects/manent). It can currently back up local directory to a remote repo, so you can easily set it up to run at your server to back up to your home, and in the future it will be able to back up an FTP directory.
It is extremely efficient in backing up a local repository. A 2GB working set should be a non-issue for it. I'm doing hourly backups of my 40-G home dir.
Disclaimer: I am the author:)
I currently live in Switzerland, and they have this nice system that any issue important enough to collect a given number of signatures is put up to a referendum.
Works like charm - while this option is used, as I see, relatively rarely, it does keep the politicians from thinking up very stupid things.
And guess what? Swiss are not disbanding their police force, not invading Israel nor Iran and the corporations are oh so legal:)
There is "Basket Note Pads", which is quite good IMHO. Works fine for me, and it's currently being ported to KDE4.
Ah, you probably wanted something for Windows... tough luck. Or maybe there is something.
Another, even simpler point is that people frequently want to download things like movies faster than they can watch them. So if we have a 200 Mbps super-HD two-hour movie, it'll take 1.3 seconds to download on a 1 terabit link. That's sure better than the nearly two minutes it would take to download on a 10 Gbps link. So I guess that does show that a 1 Tbps link may be useful for an average household ever.
Yes, but then you'll sit down and watch it at some point. Which means that, unless you're a senseless movie hoarder, the total bandwidth that you'll be using for movie downloading is only as high as your movie bitstream bw.
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Try "Why is windows crashing so often". Same hilarity. And this is something I would have a reason to search about. Or do you want to imply that anybody outside of Slashdot would never be critical of microsoft?
So, in every case they choose a different ranking function, one that suits them. But of course, who would expect otherwise...
I actively tried to switch the default search engine to Google, and guess what, it was hard to find even knowing what I'm looking about.
If I was Google, I'd file an antitrust petition against this NOW.
Just sit down with it, but instead of writing new code, clean it up, or add some tests around it. There are two benefits:
I have a similar problem: I have a project that I would really like to work on, but can find time only occasionally. I have found that coming back to it after a long time is very hard. I have my lists, but starting something is just formidable. So, I start by reading around, doing little stuff here and there and just cleaning it up, until I feel confident enough to do something.
And in general, it's very good to have your code thoroughly tested. Read about it here: http://manent-notes.blogspot.com/2008/08/developing-under-severe-time.html
But It's Not Google
Guess what, Google is not mentioned there.
Haha
Even nicer, try to search "google" and "microsoft" on bing. Compare.
I for one wouldn't trust a search engine so biased.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhre2C4THT4
Same here. And looking in the Spam folder of my gmail account, there are 448 messages which, on the first glance, appear to be 100% accurate.
http://trac.manent-backup.com/ Easy: yes, after a first setup. Reliable - yes. Versioned: you bet! Actually, every backup you do is accessible as a different version, with a very little overhead.
Before that, come on! Another GUI, another annoying interface to manage your files. I would like to choose my own tools to connect to the remote system. And the amount of bells and whistles in the program is just, honestly, too much. :) )
They could provide FTP (or even better, SFTP).
But if they provide some kind of API, Manent (http://trac.manent-backup.com) might be an interesting application to make use of it (yes, yes, I'm the author
I've opened a ticket. Don't know yet if there are good python libraries for it.
What is the problem with S3 patents? I wasn't aware of that.
Update: we're back online.
Update: trac.manent-backup.com is currently down. We're working on a solution.
So I wrote it myself. http://freshmeat.net/projects/manent
Feel free to contact me. You can find my address on the freshmeat page or on the project's trac website: http://trac.manent-backup.com./
I'm aware of the issue. I plan to release it under dual GPL/something else license very soon.
Manent does it - I'm welcoming collaboration. Check it out at http://freshmeat.net/projects/manent. I'm not leaving my email here but you'll find it if you drill down to the project website.
Well, it's feature list is exactly what you want and some more :). Here's the project description:
Manent is an algorithmically strong backup and archival program. It features efficient backup to anything that looks like storage. Currently it supports plain filesystems ("directories"), FTP, and SFTP. Planned are Amazon S3, optical disks, and email (SMTP and IMAP). It can work (making progress towards finishing a backup) over a slow and unreliable network. It can offer online access to the contents of the backup. Backed up storage is completely encrypted. Backup is incremental, including changed parts of large files. Moved, renamed, and duplicate files will not require additional storage. Several computers can use the same storage for backup, automatically sharing data. Both very large and very small files are supported efficiently. Manent does not rely on timestamps of the remote system to detect changes.
Check it out: http://freshmeat.net/projects/manent. It's under active development (the UI and the setup are currently in fetal stage) but the basic functionality is there and is well tested.
Disclaimer: I am the author.
Which is fine, because cars are much harder to wean off oil than residential homes.
Consider Manent (http://trac.manent-backup.com , freshmeat entry: http://freshmeat.net/projects/manent). It can currently back up local directory to a remote repo, so you can easily set it up to run at your server to back up to your home, and in the future it will be able to back up an FTP directory. :)
It is extremely efficient in backing up a local repository. A 2GB working set should be a non-issue for it. I'm doing hourly backups of my 40-G home dir.
Disclaimer: I am the author
I currently live in Switzerland, and they have this nice system that any issue important enough to collect a given number of signatures is put up to a referendum. :)
Works like charm - while this option is used, as I see, relatively rarely, it does keep the politicians from thinking up very stupid things.
And guess what? Swiss are not disbanding their police force, not invading Israel nor Iran and the corporations are oh so legal
Yes, but this specific app is not part of KDE. I guess it'll take time to get it built for Windows.
There is "Basket Note Pads", which is quite good IMHO. Works fine for me, and it's currently being ported to KDE4.
Ah, you probably wanted something for Windows... tough luck. Or maybe there is something.
Another, even simpler point is that people frequently want to download things like movies faster than they can watch them. So if we have a 200 Mbps super-HD two-hour movie, it'll take 1.3 seconds to download on a 1 terabit link. That's sure better than the nearly two minutes it would take to download on a 10 Gbps link. So I guess that does show that a 1 Tbps link may be useful for an average household ever.
Yes, but then you'll sit down and watch it at some point. Which means that, unless you're a senseless movie hoarder, the total bandwidth that you'll be using for movie downloading is only as high as your movie bitstream bw.