I read a good presentation by people that had tried to disassemble Skype, and basically, Skype do so much to make it very, very difficult. Here's a PDF version of it.
If it was easy, someone would have done it by now, and made Gnype, don't you think?
Wow, that's quite interesting. I didn't know that HAARP was an ionospheric heater. Who would have thought that scientists would be blasting megawatts of RF into space to investigate it.
You know what that means then? That I could be incriminating myself*. Although I don't speed any more due to the very high fuel costs. £1.30 per litre of diesel. Meh.
However, I don't transmit the timestamp of the signal from my phone to the server, so I could always argue that network jitter, etc caused inaccuracies.
I don't mind. They can use all that free HF spectrum for new Amateur Radio bands:)
Check that out. A 1mm band - that's 250GHz. Does the antenna glow red when you transmit?
I think the ideal would be a traffic system that works the same way as the internet.
You program your destination on your pod, and are propelled with compressed air (?) along underground tubes. Switches (routers in our world) read your destination (RFID, bluetooth, barcode scanning?), and change you onto different tracks.
As on the internet, there would be high volume, high speed links between cities, and much smaller ones from your house to your local TSP (transport service provider:) ).
If you're hiring sysadmins who aren't also system-level developers, you're not hiring people who can Do The Job Right.
Wow. -1, Flamebait.
I'm a good sysadmin, and I'm not a "system-level developer". Madness. What insane companies there must be to ensure that I've been in work for all of my adult life.
For example, the suicide bombings in Israel are neither novel nor particularly shocking, but the factor of "Oh shit, this could have happened to my family" is what gets to most people.
And worrying about it helps, how, exactly?
I hope I don't get blown up - but I'm certainly not in the least bit worried about it.
PS. What's with this tiny little box to type in? It's this width:
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Aaaah. Lameness filter their way of stopping people moaning about it, is it?
Apparently, the above isn't enough, so I'm having to write silly amounts here. I'm having boiled new potatoes, broccoli, beans, and ham for lunch, and I've just been for a run. Is that enough now? Apparently not.
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I changed it from a row of "-" to a row of letters. Let's see how this does.
Oh, fuck no. They even can't spell their own domain name right. yournotme.com ? yourenotme.com, surely. Unless they're talking about my "notme", whatever a notme is. William Somervail, hang your head in shame.
I started getting interested in Erlang a year ago. I bought Joe Armstrong's book about it, and, when I was in a place for a few weeks with no internet connectivity, I settled down with my laptop to learn it.
However, I got stuck a: By the lack of documentation (perhaps I could have downloaded it, but over a mobile phone it would have been painful), and b: one of the tutorials in his book seemed to include a library that he had written, to which there was no source code, and the others then built upon that, which scuppered me.
I got dispirited, but I'm still interested. I guess I'll end up learning it when I need to use it for something (like I've learned everything in life). Anyone know where the equivalent of Javadocs are for the core Erlang libraries?
When speaking to a Russian, try the following lines.
Yeah, Russia's big, isn't it? It's the second biggest country in the world after the US*.
or
The US* had the first satellite/man/dog in space.
They get quite annoyed, partly, I think, due to the fact they don't know if you're serious, and that all people in the West are unaware of The Great Soviet Achievements. (They also get annoyed if you call the Mendeleev table the Periodic Table)
I think the effect you're looking for is diffusion of responsibility. Has a similar effect in riots/mobs. If everyone punches the policeman only once, it can't be *you* that killed him, right?
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I read a good presentation by people that had tried to disassemble Skype, and basically, Skype do so much to make it very, very difficult. Here's a PDF version of it.
If it was easy, someone would have done it by now, and made Gnype, don't you think?
Embarking on a journey is what I immediately thought of.
Woosh?
And how do you suggest that people cross London with rucksaks, bags, etc?
Wow, that's quite interesting. I didn't know that HAARP was an ionospheric heater. Who would have thought that scientists would be blasting megawatts of RF into space to investigate it.
That's a hilarious site. I hope no-one takes it seriously.
Hmm - you should be careful - it's looks like your voltage is only half what it should be. I'm amazed anything is running at all.
Just noticed the same comment further down the thread. Meh.
You only really need the time to sync the file systems, flush the unsaved data to disk, and maybe park the heads.
Are you really from the O2 Team? If so, I've got a few words for you...
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I wonder what they'll make of them?
-1, Retarded unfunny Luddite.
Chernyobl is a different deal - that was people being stupid and destructive, so many people died there.
Unfortunately, people are like that.
You could make a pretty penny with that. £5 a shot, or whatever. Plus your keystroke logger would have tonnes of valid credit card information. :)
You know what that means then? That I could be incriminating myself*. Although I don't speed any more due to the very high fuel costs. £1.30 per litre of diesel. Meh.
However, I don't transmit the timestamp of the signal from my phone to the server, so I could always argue that network jitter, etc caused inaccuracies.
I don't mind. They can use all that free HF spectrum for new Amateur Radio bands :)
Check that out. A 1mm band - that's 250GHz. Does the antenna glow red when you transmit?
How do you plan to arrange that close encounter when its current orbit takes it nowhere near Jupiter, genius?
Move Jupiter then. Mohammed, mountain, mountain, Mohammed. Think outside the box sometime, genius. :)
I think the ideal would be a traffic system that works the same way as the internet. :) ).
You program your destination on your pod, and are propelled with compressed air (?) along underground tubes. Switches (routers in our world) read your destination (RFID, bluetooth, barcode scanning?), and change you onto different tracks.
As on the internet, there would be high volume, high speed links between cities, and much smaller ones from your house to your local TSP (transport service provider
If you're hiring sysadmins who aren't also system-level developers, you're not hiring people who can Do The Job Right.
Wow. -1, Flamebait.
I'm a good sysadmin, and I'm not a "system-level developer". Madness. What insane companies there must be to ensure that I've been in work for all of my adult life.
For example, the suicide bombings in Israel are neither novel nor particularly shocking, but the factor of "Oh shit, this could have happened to my family" is what gets to most people.
And worrying about it helps, how, exactly?
I hope I don't get blown up - but I'm certainly not in the least bit worried about it.
PS. What's with this tiny little box to type in? It's this width:
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw
Aaaah. Lameness filter their way of stopping people moaning about it, is it?
Apparently, the above isn't enough, so I'm having to write silly amounts here. I'm having boiled new potatoes, broccoli, beans, and ham for lunch, and I've just been for a run. Is that enough now? Apparently not. Use the Preview Button! Check those URLs! Use the Preview Button! Check those URLs! Use the Preview Button! Check those URLs!
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I changed it from a row of "-" to a row of letters. Let's see how this does.
I wonder what his karma is like?
Oh, fuck no. They even can't spell their own domain name right. yournotme.com ? yourenotme.com, surely. Unless they're talking about my "notme", whatever a notme is. William Somervail, hang your head in shame.
Yes, I've just upgraded from 11.something to 12.something, and it seems a lot better now.
Might have another crack at it.
I started getting interested in Erlang a year ago. I bought Joe Armstrong's book about it, and, when I was in a place for a few weeks with no internet connectivity, I settled down with my laptop to learn it.
However, I got stuck a: By the lack of documentation (perhaps I could have downloaded it, but over a mobile phone it would have been painful), and b: one of the tutorials in his book seemed to include a library that he had written, to which there was no source code, and the others then built upon that, which scuppered me.
I got dispirited, but I'm still interested. I guess I'll end up learning it when I need to use it for something (like I've learned everything in life). Anyone know where the equivalent of Javadocs are for the core Erlang libraries?
When speaking to a Russian, try the following lines.
:)
Yeah, Russia's big, isn't it? It's the second biggest country in the world after the US*.
or
The US* had the first satellite/man/dog in space.
They get quite annoyed, partly, I think, due to the fact they don't know if you're serious, and that all people in the West are unaware of The Great Soviet Achievements. (They also get annoyed if you call the Mendeleev table the Periodic Table)
* PS. I'm not American - it just works best.
Sure. That's my choice. I can leave my work phone at home too if I want to go somewhere private at the weekend.
I think the effect you're looking for is diffusion of responsibility. Has a similar effect in riots/mobs. If everyone punches the policeman only once, it can't be *you* that killed him, right?