"The logic for open-source is so compelling that after a year of debates we decided to stop talking and declare government an open-source zone"
You have to love it when governments take a "why not" approach to innovation. It's something a lot of USA busineses (and government entities) could take a lesson from.
This has nothing todo with the UDP protocol. Developers understand the limitations of the protocol, and as anyone who had done any real work with sockets programming understands, you must choose your protocol and work around its limitations.
They need to implement a state table or checksumming, something to ensure the validity of the remote host.
Plain and simple, they lost. And its a shame, because they came into the game losing (post-K6, beginning Athlons). At the peak, less than 6 months ago, they were the favorite chip among hobbyists, and really had the better, cheaper, faster chip. They were winning (in the way that it counts, at least to me).
What a shame, especially when they realize that Intel can beat them in the areas they are focusing on too.
2. We should be more cynical with regards to corporate support of Open Source projects.
Huh? RedHat and Covalent employee hundreds of open-source programmers. We? We? Are you going to commit the code? This is a way for programmers to further open-source projects and still bring home the bacon at the same time.
3. In my opinion, critical Open Source projects should be managed and developed by an unbiased group of developers.
80% of the software on a Linux machine has components developed by corporations. If a program is very popular, someone is paying for the development by now. Linux Kernel, GCC, Samba, Apache, Sendmail, you name it.
Sometimes the only way to force something is indirectly. Verio will have to choose if they want to support 99% of their "good" customer base, or the 1% of spammers.
I'm suprised at HE.net, I thought they had their act together.
Because I dont live in a HUGE city (NYC/LA), buying localized goods online is tough. I really wish that these kinds of companies would get more geographically diverse service, though I know its tough in such businesses.
This especially rocks for 3 reasons:
1) Shopping cart I can actually view things -- never forget something. If I do? Append it to the order!
2) No more hunting for lost items -- Where Oh Where do they keep the spices? Just enter the spice name in search and click to add. I love this!
3) Quick -- It's hard to multitask in the grocery store, Its much easier to shop while programming or doing non-productive things (like reading slashdot).
Anyone who wouldent pay $4 for this is nuts, IMHO. All I can ask, is that one of these companies opens up a ROCHESTER NY branch:)
Without having used it, the screenshots are pretty impressive -- especially for such a young project (compared to X). Personally, I *HATE* X.
If this project can get it right, and avoid a lot of the pitfalls X has, and could run all the apps I needed to (flexible, back-ported API is a MUST to avoid tail-chasing), I would use it.
I'm interested to hear if anyone with significant experience using it could comment to its usability and compatibility?
Make sure you get paid! Is she your close friend? If so, you could be nice. If not, bill them! I would suggest billing for the time you spent there to fix this incident as well, it will send a clear signal. IT support is NOT free.
OK, We've all known that technology was going to begin replacing humans eventually... and in a crazy twist, its the dogs get blindsided out of nowhere!
Someone, quick, start a non-profit organization to save the dogs!
I dont know why every time Firewire is brought up, someone mentions it in relation to DV.. DV is one of the simpler uses for Firewire, the real treasure is in its ability to link ALMOST ANYTHING!
This really is very cool stuff, and although I'm as suprised as everyone else about Oracle releasing open-source software (GPL nonetheless), it's another huge step forward.
Things like this piss off Microsoft to the Nth degree. That rocks!
And perhaps you've forgotten the context in which the article is in reference to.
Its about Microsoft battling Linux, a battle they have said themselves they are having a hard time winning, therefore obviously they could stand to have more success.
Just a few weeks ago I just moved all of my non-desktop/notebook PC equipment out of my room and into the hallway. Before the move, my room was well, very loud -- about equal to a small car engine actually, and very hot -- 15 degrees hotter then the rest of the house.
Since the move, I can hear myself think, and the whole level of the house is comfortably heated thanks to my server "farm" in the hall.
I consider it a interior decorating success story of the geeky kind!
Its big enough not to hinder productivity, and 50MB isnt too much that will break the server.
I figure, anyone transferring files above 50M will not complain when it comes back to them. They will realize they need a different way to move the files.
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"The logic for open-source is so compelling that after a year of debates we decided to stop talking and declare government an open-source zone"
You have to love it when governments take a "why not" approach to innovation. It's something a lot of USA busineses (and government entities) could take a lesson from.
This has nothing todo with the UDP protocol. Developers understand the limitations of the protocol, and as anyone who had done any real work with sockets programming understands, you must choose your protocol and work around its limitations.
They need to implement a state table or checksumming, something to ensure the validity of the remote host.
There are a hundred other programs that do the same thing as Gamespy, it's not their fault. They work around the protocols that the game uses.
This is something that needs to be addressed by Game Developers (Valve, ID, etc.)
Anyone got any good Tivo news?
I've detected that Microsoft Word has crashed, resulting in the loss of an estimated 4.5 hours of work. Would you like me to launch Counter-Strike?
Free Wireless Internet in the Park, thats what its all about?
Well, at least it's not the Hokey Pokey. Thank god for small miracles.
Plain and simple, they lost. And its a shame, because they came into the game losing (post-K6, beginning Athlons). At the peak, less than 6 months ago, they were the favorite chip among hobbyists, and really had the better, cheaper, faster chip. They were winning (in the way that it counts, at least to me).
What a shame, especially when they realize that Intel can beat them in the areas they are focusing on too.
Wow, frightening! You NEVER need to reboot Win98 with any other chips! I declare shenanigans! AAH!
1. DRM has nothing todo with open-source
2. We should be more cynical with regards to corporate support of Open Source projects.
Huh? RedHat and Covalent employee hundreds of open-source programmers. We? We? Are you going to commit the code? This is a way for programmers to further open-source projects and still bring home the bacon at the same time.
3. In my opinion, critical Open Source projects should be managed and developed by an unbiased group of developers.
80% of the software on a Linux machine has components developed by corporations. If a program is very popular, someone is paying for the development by now. Linux Kernel, GCC, Samba, Apache, Sendmail, you name it.
Sometimes the only way to force something is indirectly. Verio will have to choose if they want to support 99% of their "good" customer base, or the 1% of spammers.
I'm suprised at HE.net, I thought they had their act together.
Because I dont live in a HUGE city (NYC/LA), buying localized goods online is tough. I really wish that these kinds of companies would get more geographically diverse service, though I know its tough in such businesses.
:)
This especially rocks for 3 reasons:
1) Shopping cart I can actually view things -- never forget something. If I do? Append it to the order!
2) No more hunting for lost items -- Where Oh Where do they keep the spices? Just enter the spice name in search and click to add. I love this!
3) Quick -- It's hard to multitask in the grocery store, Its much easier to shop while programming or doing non-productive things (like reading slashdot).
Anyone who wouldent pay $4 for this is nuts, IMHO. All I can ask, is that one of these companies opens up a ROCHESTER NY branch
Without having used it, the screenshots are pretty impressive -- especially for such a young project (compared to X). Personally, I *HATE* X.
If this project can get it right, and avoid a lot of the pitfalls X has, and could run all the apps I needed to (flexible, back-ported API is a MUST to avoid tail-chasing), I would use it.
I'm interested to hear if anyone with significant experience using it could comment to its usability and compatibility?
Make sure you get paid! Is she your close friend? If so, you could be nice. If not, bill them! I would suggest billing for the time you spent there to fix this incident as well, it will send a clear signal. IT support is NOT free.
OK, We've all known that technology was going to begin replacing humans eventually... and in a crazy twist, its the dogs get blindsided out of nowhere!
Someone, quick, start a non-profit organization to save the dogs!
I'm scared that not only do you know that, but you took the time to reference the URL :o
This guy gives a new meaning to the "Be Ready" motto the boyscouts have adopted.
Too bad he "often ends up sleeping in odd places", thats kinda scary.
I dont know why every time Firewire is brought up, someone mentions it in relation to DV.. DV is one of the simpler uses for Firewire, the real treasure is in its ability to link ALMOST ANYTHING!
This really is very cool stuff, and although I'm as suprised as everyone else about Oracle releasing open-source software (GPL nonetheless), it's another huge step forward.
Things like this piss off Microsoft to the Nth degree. That rocks!
And perhaps you've forgotten the context in which the article is in reference to.
Its about Microsoft battling Linux, a battle they have said themselves they are having a hard time winning, therefore obviously they could stand to have more success.
Everything is nothing without context.
"I think our marketing is geared toward that issue, toward long-term customer value."
Now if only their PRODUCTS were geared towards long-term customer value, maybe they would be having more success.
Linking all commercial and government systems? Ha! Making that work would be the equivalent of making a big electronic communist party.
No chance, keep dreaming poindexter (how can someone like this have such a geeky name?)
...your house has a bigger power generation & backup system than your ISP.
Just a few weeks ago I just moved all of my non-desktop/notebook PC equipment out of my room and into the hallway. Before the move, my room was well, very loud -- about equal to a small car engine actually, and very hot -- 15 degrees hotter then the rest of the house.
Since the move, I can hear myself think, and the whole level of the house is comfortably heated thanks to my server "farm" in the hall.
I consider it a interior decorating success story of the geeky kind!
"You agree that you will not Misuse the Site. "Misuse" includes, but is not limited to, using the Site to do any of the following:"
You know the EULA is too long when on a "you will not" clause, the bullets go all the way to the letter S
50 Megs should work.
Its big enough not to hinder productivity, and 50MB isnt too much that will break the server.
I figure, anyone transferring files above 50M will not complain when it comes back to them. They will realize they need a different way to move the files.
It's MUCH easier than you think... It just takes some reading (just a tad, which is all stuff you NEED to administer the system anyways).
You want:
http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html [Installing OpenBSD]
and
http://www.openbsd.org/faq/index.html [The entire FAQ]