What do you want to bet they're trying to go into business as a discount virtual host/datacenter?
1. Start business as discount virtual host/datacenter. 2. Ask Slashdot "How Would You Build a Datacenter?" 3. Be replaced by Cambodians who ultimately turn a PROFIT.
Logarithmic growth is one of the slowest growth rates out there. I assume you mean exponential.
Either way, you're thinking is way too short term. How long do you think bandwidth costs are going to be 'uneconomical' ?? It's rather naive to think that the problems we're encountering with bandwidth today (i.e. high prices, bad coverage, ISP screw-ups, etc) are endemic to the Internet. You also assume that demand will decrease because supply will never increase. Now that's bullshit. Here's what's actually happening with broadband (all the dates are pretty wild guesses, so don't bother me about them):
1. 1998: There is high demand and relatively low supply of broadband. 2. 1998 - 2001: Some companies take it upon themselves to build a large broadband infrastructure. 3. 2001: Said companies lose tons of money because they can't possibly expect to get a return on their huge investment yet. Only large companies with lots of backup capital survive) 4. Future: Surviving companies start turning a profit from their networks. They soon get enough cash to expand upon these networks to fill increasing demand (see below). It's at this point that media companies think they'll get fucked.
So, I guess your argument is correct for the immediate status quo, but you're ignoring the fact that media companies are trying to look out for the best interest in the long term. I mean, legislation itself takes months/years to pass.
Anyway, I think that this entire debate is somewhat pointless. Does anyone honestly believe that media companies are going to battle everything in the courtroom? Think vertical integration, people! If they can't coerce the government into forcing technology companies to respect 'digital rights', they'll just start developing and manufacturing their own PROPRIETARY devices and technologies with DRM and copy protection. Then, they'll start releasing all their stuff only on these devices. With the blessings of Britney Spears and Ben Affleck, they'll be able to sell this stuff regardless of its technological merit; after all, 90% of the people out there just want to watch movies. At this point, the only thing that could stop media/tech conglomos would be antitrust legislation, but then they'd be on the other side of the fence, now wouldn't they?
For some reason slashdot isn't letting me use . Sigh...
I swear by Apollo the physicianKernighan the teacher, and AesculapiusRitchie, and HealthLinux, and All-healOpen-source, and all the gods and goddessesprogrammers and unix gurus, that, according to my ability and judgment, I will keep this Oath and this stipulation- to reckon him who taught me this Art equally dear to me as my parents, to share my substancecode with him, and relieve his necessitiesfix his buffer overflows if required; to look upon his offspringprograms in the same footing as my own brothers, and to teach them this art, if they shall wish to learn it, without fee or stipulation; and that by precept, lecture, and every other mode of instruction, I will impart a knowledge of the Art to my own sons, and those of my teachers, and to disciples bound by a stipulation and oath according to the law of medicineprogramming, but to none others. I will follow that system of regimen which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous. I will give no deadly medicinevirii to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel; and in like manner I will not give to a woman script kiddie a pessaryr00t kit to produce abortioninternet havoc. With purity and with holiness I will pass my life and practice my Art. I will not cut persons laboring under the stonemonitor, but will leave this to be done by men who are practitioners of this work. Into whatever houses I enter, I will go into them for the benefit of the sick, and will abstain from every voluntary act of mischief and corruption; and, further from the seduction of females or males(yeah right), of freemen and slaves. Whatever, in connection with my professional practice or not, in connection with it, I see or hear, in the life of men, which ought not to be spoken of abroad, I will not divulge, as reckoning that all such should be kept secret. While I continue to keep this Oath unviolated, may it be granted to me to enjoy life and the practice of the art, respected by all men, in all times! But should I trespass and violate this Oath, may the reverse be my lot!
I swear by Apollo the physicianKernighan the teacher, and Aesculapius Ritchie, and Health Linux, and All-heal Open-source, and all the gods and goddesses programmers and unix gurus, that, according to my ability and judgment, I will keep this Oath and this stipulation- to reckon him who taught me this Art equally dear to me as my parents, to share my substance code with him, and relieve his necessities fix his buffer overflows if required; to look upon his offspring programs in the same footing as my own brothers, and to teach them this art, if they shall wish to learn it, without fee or stipulation; and that by precept, lecture, and every other mode of instruction, I will impart a knowledge of the Art to my own sons, and those of my teachers, and to disciples bound by a stipulation and oath according to the law of medicine programming, but to none others. I will follow that system of regimen which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous. I will give no deadly medicine virii to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel; and in like manner I will not give to a woman script kiddie a pessary r00t kit to produce abortion internet havoc. With purity and with holiness I will pass my life and practice my Art. I will not cut persons laboring under the stone monitor, but will leave this to be done by men who are practitioners of this work. Into whatever houses I enter, I will go into them for the benefit of the sick, and will abstain from every voluntary act of mischief and corruption; and, further from the seduction of females or males (yeah right), of freemen and slaves. Whatever, in connection with my professional practice or not, in connection with it, I see or hear, in the life of men, which ought not to be spoken of abroad, I will not divulge, as reckoning that all such should be kept secret. While I continue to keep this Oath unviolated, may it be granted to me to enjoy life and the practice of the art, respected by all men, in all times! But should I trespass and violate this Oath, may the reverse be my lot!
In regards to restrictive (to put it lightly) legislation like the CBDTPA: Do you think that some sort of compromise could or should be worked out with the proponents of such legislation? That would probably be the best way to win over moderates in the Senate. Or should all efforts be taken to stop such legislation as a matter of principle? I'm just asking where you want to draw the line between practicality and principle (think politics).
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So obligatory, in fact, that I'm not going to include it!:)
it includes a motion detector to verify someone is actually wearing it
This is excellent! Now cable companies can successfully monitor when their viewers go to the bathroom and can recoup lost damages due to copyright infringment! This will save the industry billions!
"software architecture" aren't the first words I think of when I hear "hot interconnects"..
Oh, come on. Please? I Promise I won't do it again
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It is official; Netcraft confirms: *BSD is dying
One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered *BSD community when IDC confirmed that *BSD market share has dropped yet again, now down to less than a fraction of 1 percent of all servers. Coming on the heels of a recent Netcraft survey which plainly states that *BSD has lost more market share, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. *BSD is collapsing in complete disarray, as fittingly exemplified by failing dead last [samag.com] in the recent Sys Admin comprehensive networking test.
You don't need to be a Kreskin [amdest.com] to predict *BSD's future. The hand writing is on the wall: *BSD faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for *BSD because *BSD is dying. Things are looking very bad for *BSD. As many of us are already aware, *BSD continues to lose market share. Red ink flows like a river of blood. FreeBSD is the most endangered of them all, having lost 93% of its core developers.
Let's keep to the facts and look at the numbers.
OpenBSD leader Theo states that there are 7000 users of OpenBSD. How many users of NetBSD are there? Let's see. The number of OpenBSD versus NetBSD posts on Usenet is roughly in ratio of 5 to 1. Therefore there are about 7000/5 = 1400 NetBSD users. BSD/OS posts on Usenet are about half of the volume of NetBSD posts. Therefore there are about 700 users of BSD/OS. A recent article put FreeBSD at about 80 percent of the *BSD market. Therefore there are (7000+1400+700)*4 = 36400 FreeBSD users. This is consistent with the number of FreeBSD Usenet posts.
Due to the troubles of Walnut Creek, abysmal sales and so on, FreeBSD went out of business and was taken over by BSDI who sell another troubled OS. Now BSDI is also dead, its corpse turned over to yet another charnel house.
All major surveys show that *BSD has steadily declined in market share. *BSD is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If *BSD is to survive at all it will be among OS dilettante dabblers. *BSD continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, *BSD is dead.
I think you underestimate the quality of foreign tech support. There's a fear that exporting tech support means talking to a poorly-trained Korean who speaks broken, slurry Engrish. This is just unfounded xenophobia.
What makes you think that a drunk white guy in Milwaukee cares, knows more about, or can articulate your problem than a foreign tech support officer? Let's say that a company will pay $30,000 a year to a tech support officer. In the US, that money would get a high-school dropout; in Cambodia, it would get someone infinitely more motivated and knowledgeable.
Worried about foreign accents? I know for a fact that call-center exporting companies put their employees through a rigorous Anglicization that removes all traces of foreign accents and introduces them to English idioms. Those tech officers probably speak better English than you or I do.
Your point about lag time is well taken. This has been the biggest hurdle in exporting call centers. I don't know what exact measures are being taken, but I believe that investments have been made in more trunk lines, etc.
Many companies have outsourced tech support and thereby cut costs and improved quality. But, apparently, that's still not enough: tech support still sucks because companies simply can't afford to pump more money or resources into it.
So what companies are looking to do *now* is outsource their tech support to companies who, in turn, export the entire operation abroad. Middle-men companies (like spherenomics - no affiliation) are building call centers in countries where labor and construction costs are low (like India). Lower base costs lead to better tech support. This really simple idea has birthed a burgeoning industry - lots of big-name companies are catching on.
By this model, the consumer benefits. There's absolutely no degradation in tech support quality, and, in most cases, it gets better. These call center outfits are really top notch - you definitely won't be stuck speaking to some foreigner with broken English. In fact, next time you call a big company for tech support, ask the attendant where he or she is speaking from - chances are you'll be surprised by the answer.
Electronic campaigning isn't exactly a new world for Mr. Ventura. Just see How Jesse Ventura Used the Internet to Win the Election. He certainly went beyond banner ads, folks. I guess his 'innovation' (I hate how that word has become so tired) has brought him into a new frontier of campaigning.
Norrington told the Reporter that his draft "preserves the tone, the visual and the epic scope of the original, whilst telling a somewhat more accessible story [to Western audiences]."
Here's a car that's been pre-hacked and souped up for ultimate geek driving: the MegaCar! I mean, just look at this picture. LCDs everywhere, 150k/sec mobile connectivity...The flash site is annoying, but damn, that car is sweet....
Malda, the only reason people seem 'venomous and angry' today is because you repeatedly bludgeoned tens of thousands of readers with april fools' jokes markedly devoid of humor. Did Kathleen put you up to this? Come on, you can tell us the truth.
Don't worry, Google hasn't been overrun by scientologists.
Point your browser to http://www.google.com. Search for scientology. What are the first things you see (i.e. the categories)??
Society > Religion and Spirituality > Scientology Society > Religion and Spirituality > Opposing Views > Scientology
When one clicks on 'opposing views', one finds a plethora of sites that criticize scientology. Yeah, Clambake isn't there anymore, but for the wayward web surfer its definitely enough. Scientology hasn't overrun google, just the law...
I'd have to say the former. The concept of 'karma' is foreign to the Chinese. I had to travel to America in pursuit of the karma i so desire. That would make me a Whore for Karma who happens to be Chinese in citizenship (yeah, I'm an illegal immigrant, so sue me)
Slashdot Mirror
What do you want to bet they're trying to go into business as a discount virtual host/datacenter?
1. Start business as discount virtual host/datacenter.
2. Ask Slashdot "How Would You Build a Datacenter?"
3. Be replaced by Cambodians who ultimately turn a PROFIT.
Lets figure out some program to call Nigger next!
NIGGER - gNu ImaGe GEneratoR. Sounds like a worthy "plug in" for the GIMP.
*runs*
How about a backpack you fucking moron.
In the parking lot in the next three weeks! Just wait!
Logarithmic growth is one of the slowest growth rates out there. I assume you mean exponential.
Either way, you're thinking is way too short term. How long do you think bandwidth costs are going to be 'uneconomical' ?? It's rather naive to think that the problems we're encountering with bandwidth today (i.e. high prices, bad coverage, ISP screw-ups, etc) are endemic to the Internet. You also assume that demand will decrease because supply will never increase. Now that's bullshit. Here's what's actually happening with broadband (all the dates are pretty wild guesses, so don't bother me about them):
1. 1998: There is high demand and relatively low supply of broadband.
2. 1998 - 2001: Some companies take it upon themselves to build a large broadband infrastructure.
3. 2001: Said companies lose tons of money because they can't possibly expect to get a return on their huge investment yet. Only large companies with lots of backup capital survive)
4. Future: Surviving companies start turning a profit from their networks. They soon get enough cash to expand upon these networks to fill increasing demand (see below). It's at this point that media companies think they'll get fucked.
So, I guess your argument is correct for the immediate status quo, but you're ignoring the fact that media companies are trying to look out for the best interest in the long term. I mean, legislation itself takes months/years to pass.
Anyway, I think that this entire debate is somewhat pointless. Does anyone honestly believe that media companies are going to battle everything in the courtroom? Think vertical integration, people! If they can't coerce the government into forcing technology companies to respect 'digital rights', they'll just start developing and manufacturing their own PROPRIETARY devices and technologies with DRM and copy protection. Then, they'll start releasing all their stuff only on these devices. With the blessings of Britney Spears and Ben Affleck, they'll be able to sell this stuff regardless of its technological merit; after all, 90% of the people out there just want to watch movies. At this point, the only thing that could stop media/tech conglomos would be antitrust legislation, but then they'd be on the other side of the fence, now wouldn't they?
For some reason slashdot isn't letting me use . Sigh...
I swear by Apollo the physician Kernighan the teacher, and Aesculapius Ritchie, and Health Linux, and All-heal Open-source, and all the gods and goddesses programmers and unix gurus, that, according to my ability and judgment, I will keep this Oath and this stipulation- to reckon him who taught me this Art equally dear to me as my parents, to share my substance code with him, and relieve his necessities fix his buffer overflows if required; to look upon his offspring programs in the same footing as my own brothers, and to teach them this art, if they shall wish to learn it, without fee or stipulation; and that by precept, lecture, and every other mode of instruction, I will impart a knowledge of the Art to my own sons, and those of my teachers, and to disciples bound by a stipulation and oath according to the law of medicine programming, but to none others. I will follow that system of regimen which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous. I will give no deadly medicine virii to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel; and in like manner I will not give to a woman script kiddie a pessary r00t kit to produce abortion internet havoc. With purity and with holiness I will pass my life and practice my Art. I will not cut persons laboring under the stone monitor, but will leave this to be done by men who are practitioners of this work. Into whatever houses I enter, I will go into them for the benefit of the sick, and will abstain from every voluntary act of mischief and corruption; and, further from the seduction of females or males (yeah right), of freemen and slaves. Whatever, in connection with my professional practice or not, in connection with it, I see or hear, in the life of men, which ought not to be spoken of abroad, I will not divulge, as reckoning that all such should be kept secret. While I continue to keep this Oath unviolated, may it be granted to me to enjoy life and the practice of the art, respected by all men, in all times! But should I trespass and violate this Oath, may the reverse be my lot!
I swear by Apollo the physician Kernighan the teacher, and Aesculapius Ritchie, and Health Linux, and All-heal Open-source, and all the gods and goddesses programmers and unix gurus, that, according to my ability and judgment, I will keep this Oath and this stipulation- to reckon him who taught me this Art equally dear to me as my parents, to share my substance code with him, and relieve his necessities fix his buffer overflows if required; to look upon his offspring programs in the same footing as my own brothers, and to teach them this art, if they shall wish to learn it, without fee or stipulation; and that by precept, lecture, and every other mode of instruction, I will impart a knowledge of the Art to my own sons, and those of my teachers, and to disciples bound by a stipulation and oath according to the law of medicine programming, but to none others. I will follow that system of regimen which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous. I will give no deadly medicine virii to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel; and in like manner I will not give to a woman script kiddie a pessary r00t kit to produce abortion internet havoc. With purity and with holiness I will pass my life and practice my Art. I will not cut persons laboring under the stone monitor, but will leave this to be done by men who are practitioners of this work. Into whatever houses I enter, I will go into them for the benefit of the sick, and will abstain from every voluntary act of mischief and corruption; and, further from the seduction of females or males (yeah right), of freemen and slaves. Whatever, in connection with my professional practice or not, in connection with it, I see or hear, in the life of men, which ought not to be spoken of abroad, I will not divulge, as reckoning that all such should be kept secret. While I continue to keep this Oath unviolated, may it be granted to me to enjoy life and the practice of the art, respected by all men, in all times! But should I trespass and violate this Oath, may the reverse be my lot!
In regards to restrictive (to put it lightly) legislation like the CBDTPA: Do you think that some sort of compromise could or should be worked out with the proponents of such legislation? That would probably be the best way to win over moderates in the Senate. Or should all efforts be taken to stop such legislation as a matter of principle? I'm just asking where you want to draw the line between practicality and principle (think politics).
So obligatory, in fact, that I'm not going to include it! :)
sounds like vaporware to me. I mean, the article didn't even include the equation itself! :)
it includes a motion detector to verify someone is actually wearing it
This is excellent! Now cable companies can successfully monitor when their viewers go to the bathroom and can recoup lost damages due to copyright infringment! This will save the industry billions!
"software architecture" aren't the first words I think of when I hear "hot interconnects"..
It is official; Netcraft confirms: *BSD is dying
One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered *BSD community when IDC confirmed that *BSD market share has dropped yet again, now down to less than a fraction of 1 percent of all servers. Coming on the heels of a recent Netcraft survey which plainly states that *BSD has lost more market share, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. *BSD is collapsing in complete disarray, as fittingly exemplified by failing dead last [samag.com] in the recent Sys Admin comprehensive networking test.
You don't need to be a Kreskin [amdest.com] to predict *BSD's future. The hand writing is on the wall: *BSD faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for *BSD because *BSD is dying. Things are looking very bad for *BSD. As many of us are already aware, *BSD continues to lose market share. Red ink flows like a river of blood. FreeBSD is the most endangered of them all, having lost 93% of its core developers.
Let's keep to the facts and look at the numbers.
OpenBSD leader Theo states that there are 7000 users of OpenBSD. How many users of NetBSD are there? Let's see. The number of OpenBSD versus NetBSD posts on Usenet is roughly in ratio of 5 to 1. Therefore there are about 7000/5 = 1400 NetBSD users. BSD/OS posts on Usenet are about half of the volume of NetBSD posts. Therefore there are about 700 users of BSD/OS. A recent article put FreeBSD at about 80 percent of the *BSD market. Therefore there are (7000+1400+700)*4 = 36400 FreeBSD users. This is consistent with the number of FreeBSD Usenet posts.
Due to the troubles of Walnut Creek, abysmal sales and so on, FreeBSD went out of business and was taken over by BSDI who sell another troubled OS. Now BSDI is also dead, its corpse turned over to yet another charnel house.
All major surveys show that *BSD has steadily declined in market share. *BSD is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If *BSD is to survive at all it will be among OS dilettante dabblers. *BSD continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, *BSD is dead.
Fact: *BSD is dying
I think you underestimate the quality of foreign tech support. There's a fear that exporting tech support means talking to a poorly-trained Korean who speaks broken, slurry Engrish. This is just unfounded xenophobia.
What makes you think that a drunk white guy in Milwaukee cares, knows more about, or can articulate your problem than a foreign tech support officer? Let's say that a company will pay $30,000 a year to a tech support officer. In the US, that money would get a high-school dropout; in Cambodia, it would get someone infinitely more motivated and knowledgeable.
Worried about foreign accents? I know for a fact that call-center exporting companies put their employees through a rigorous Anglicization that removes all traces of foreign accents and introduces them to English idioms. Those tech officers probably speak better English than you or I do.
Your point about lag time is well taken. This has been the biggest hurdle in exporting call centers. I don't know what exact measures are being taken, but I believe that investments have been made in more trunk lines, etc.
Many companies have outsourced tech support and thereby cut costs and improved quality. But, apparently, that's still not enough: tech support still sucks because companies simply can't afford to pump more money or resources into it.
So what companies are looking to do *now* is outsource their tech support to companies who, in turn, export the entire operation abroad. Middle-men companies (like spherenomics - no affiliation) are building call centers in countries where labor and construction costs are low (like India). Lower base costs lead to better tech support. This really simple idea has birthed a burgeoning industry - lots of big-name companies are catching on.
By this model, the consumer benefits. There's absolutely no degradation in tech support quality, and, in most cases, it gets better. These call center outfits are really top notch - you definitely won't be stuck speaking to some foreigner with broken English. In fact, next time you call a big company for tech support, ask the attendant where he or she is speaking from - chances are you'll be surprised by the answer.
Electronic campaigning isn't exactly a new world for Mr. Ventura. Just see How Jesse Ventura Used the Internet to Win the Election. He certainly went beyond banner ads, folks. I guess his 'innovation' (I hate how that word has become so tired) has brought him into a new frontier of campaigning.
The Crusoe upgrade costs another $500. The OS is extra ($250 for RedHat or Debian)
*cough* *sputter*
my guide:
1. accept computer graciously
2.
Norrington told the Reporter that his draft "preserves the tone, the visual and the epic scope of the original, whilst telling a somewhat more accessible story [to Western audiences]."
Akira: dude? where's my motorcycle?
Here's a car that's been pre-hacked and souped up for ultimate geek driving: the MegaCar! I mean, just look at this picture. LCDs everywhere, 150k/sec mobile connectivity...The flash site is annoying, but damn, that car is sweet....
yeah, that's coming from UID 65528
Malda, the only reason people seem 'venomous and angry' today is because you repeatedly bludgeoned tens of thousands of readers with april fools' jokes markedly devoid of humor. Did Kathleen put you up to this? Come on, you can tell us the truth.
visit Afrotech: Ghetto Hardware Fun! Now those are some crazy (stupid) mods...
Don't worry, Google hasn't been overrun by scientologists.
Point your browser to http://www.google.com. Search for scientology. What are the first things you see (i.e. the categories)??
Society > Religion and Spirituality > Scientology
Society > Religion and Spirituality > Opposing Views > Scientology
When one clicks on 'opposing views', one finds a plethora of sites that criticize scientology. Yeah, Clambake isn't there anymore, but for the wayward web surfer its definitely enough. Scientology hasn't overrun google, just the law...
I'd have to say the former. The concept of 'karma' is foreign to the Chinese. I had to travel to America in pursuit of the karma i so desire. That would make me a Whore for Karma who happens to be Chinese in citizenship (yeah, I'm an illegal immigrant, so sue me)