Cool... So if I go close to a radio transmitter, do I get stronger?
I'm wondering how this actually works. The best thing would probably just be reacting to a very weak signal, and amplifying that. On the other hand, the patient would `forget' how to use their muscles properly, and just keep emitting weak signals. About the same thing as painkillers -- take too much, and your pain threshold gets even lower.
You see? That's exactly the problem -- there _are_ methods, but there will always be cases where they guess wrong. And even if I do connect from an American IP address, I could just be using a proxy. You never know:-)
For your 128-bit encryption needs, try Fortify (http://www.fortify.net/ -- sorry, I would have made that in HTML if my keyboard layout wouldn't have conflicted with my WM...)
I've tried the Twiddler. You write pretty slow with it, but overall it looks cool. But the one I tried had a lot of problems. The main problem with the (apart from the typing speed, and that you'll hold your fingers a little weird -- don't think that's good for your wrist) seems to be the drivers: both the Windows and the Linux drivers had major problems (having to reboot to get it work, problems with different Linux distributions (I compiled it myself, under the same libc, on the same machine!) etc.). I think this classifies the Twiddler more as a gadget (and a product for wearables) than a serious alternative to mouse+keyboard.
As explained, it's the same physical action, but in the case of the cassette (or some other mediums, as some other reader pointed out) you have actually paid for it, so it's legal.
I think you can pay the RIAA per song, and do the same to MP3. It still doesn't allow you to distribute it to non-paying friends, though.
I think you pay a special fee for every audio cassette you buy (at least you used to do -- I haven't checked this information myself), designed to cover the profit loss.
However, audio cassettes and MP3s are two entirely different things. Tape is much worse than MP3 in almost all aspects: No random access, can only hold 1-2 hours (depending on the tape) per tape, and worse of all: After just two or three copies, the sound quality gets so bad, it's close to useless.
MP3 does not suffer from any of these problems, and as an extra `bonus' (if you're using it to copy music illegaly), you can use it across the globe. You don't have to walk over to a friend to copy it.
In short, this is why cassette copying has never been a real problem, whereas MP3 is. Having a fee on MP3s (the same way as on cassettes) would be close to impossible as well, since MP3s are largely independent of the media (HD, Zip, RAM or an MP3 player).
What he seems to be commenting on, was the use of a dollar in "MS". And I agree with him (these things are becoming old, and don't help for anything), although I wouldn't say it that way.
Just to add to your list of excellent suggestions:
Get a good keyboard/mouse. After I switched to a Microsoft Mouse 2.0 (this was a long time ago), I haven't had mouse-sickness once. (The same goes for a good monitor vs. headache.)
If you're really bothered by the keyboard, try to go away from QWERTY. Most `normal' people will want to try Dvorak -- I rolled my own. Sure, you will write like a pig the first week or so, but when you get used to it, it's really effective. I began to feel some wrist pains some months ago. After going away from QWERTY, it's the same story as the mouse: No problems ever since.
Tablets are (as you say) very nice (especially for drawing), but they aren't very cheap:-)
They do use Real Software to broadcast the video over an IP network (namely the Internet). I don't really get what you're missing.
Besides, it isn't always easy to determine physical location by IP address. In some simple cases, you can use host resolving, but more and more non-US companies and sites use.com,.net and.org. And since close to nobody uses.us, you can't check for that either... (OK,.ca might help, but I guess Canadians use.com/.net/.org as well.)
If you like Asterix, there are multiple full-length movies (drawn) about them, and there's even a `real-life' version. Not sure in which countries they exist.
Of course, this is very off-topic anyway... (But what about Debian?)
In December, rootshell had a note about a case just like this, except that the sum was under half as big ($31,400). They still were sentenced to death.
I sent a >100kB mail once (pure text). Over 20000 words... Took me a whole (off-line) summer to write it, though: Spend a few hours every evening writing...
Well, anyhow, seeing the moderation totals for this comment is quite interesting. When I checked, it was:
Not really. If it did, then they wouldn't be playing by the rules. They'd be using embrace-and-extend games to lock you into a non-standard page with non-standard markup for non-standard agents.
Not playing by the rules? Now, how does that matter? The only thing that should matter, is how good the page comes out, in all browsers as a whole, and in all aspects (ie. speed, look, etc.). If they have code to autodetect that you're running Lynx and uses this to serve an ultra-light version of the page, without a lot of tables and other junk, it would be just plain great. Sure, this feature can abused, but people abuse HTML all over.
In fact, I'd be happy to see Slashdot implement something like this. I connect with both Netscape (at school, with 2 megabits) and Lynx (at home, 28.800 bps). If the slash code could turn Light-mode automatically on whenever I connected with Lynx, it would take my browsing experiences to a new level:-)
The Freshmeat effect seems to be powerful as well, and much easier to achieve than the Slashdot effect (since it's easier to get on Freshmeat). When my `program' (my 15 kB FTP server, now 20 kB) first hit Freshmeat, I got more hits in a single day than I had in a single month. Of course, nowadays linuxberg.com stands for over 80% of my referrals (if you exclude the cases where people have entered the URL directly), I'd suppose. My traffic spikes every time I make a new version and Freshmeat announce it.
I've done some work on GIMP... does that count? It's still rather difficult to draw a line -- at percent of the code, time spent, or perhaps code lines?;-)
I don't expect to get anything, though -- I don't think my contributions to the Linux community is big enough...
I use it for my site, so I can have _both_ a frames and a non-frames version. In addition, if I need it, I can make gzip/compressed version (for HTTP/1.1 compression), I can add a new button to all non-frames pages at once, etc. etc. etc. m4 is your friend. And it's GNU...
Define an `active Linux developer' -- I do some work on my program from time to time, has got close to 1000 Freshmeat downloads, and is listed on linux.com (together with all the other software there). Does that make me an `active Linux developer'? Probably not, since I haven't received any of those letters... They sent me a job offer once, though, but it `timed out' while I was on vacation, unable to read mail.
Or perhaps it's just that I'm not in the US:-)
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Whether I'm a `geek', `nerd' or none, depends hugely on who asks. If a person from school asks if I'm a `computer nerd' (and thus clearly means a person with glasses, spending 18 hours a day in front of his computer and having no social life), I say no. But if a Slashdotter asks, I'd be more likely to say yes. And if a UFie asks if I'm a `geek' (User Friendly generally doesn't use the word `nerd'), I definitely am. So, it all depends:-)
According to the GPL, the source code is the `preferred way of making alterations to the product'. So if you do machine code in your head, fine. If you use a paper sheet, I'm afraid you'll have to include that paper sheet (in ELECTRONIC form) with your product.
This is of course assuming that you're making alterations to another person's GPL'ed product. I'm not sure if you can claim that others distribute source if they don't have it -- I think that would prevent them from distributing it at all...
Yeah, but you are free to "provide warranty in exchange for a fee", or something along those lines. Most users will _want_ a warranty (and are willing to pay for it), but you are free to set the terms however you want.
"Just bury them deep enough" would be a direct violation of the GPL, as it requires you to make sure your users know their rights. The easiest thing would just have a physical paper sheet included, that gave an URL, either to your own server, or to for instance kernel.org.
Still, I'd bet ftp.cdrom.com has 90% of the files they serve, in memory cache (switching seamlessly over to discussing FTP servers). And, doesn't that extra price tag justify getting another server entirely instead? As an added bonus, you'll have fallover support:-)
Most normal webservers would probably don't care about access speed at all. Your entire company website is supposed to be small enough to fit in cache, unless you're running something with user input (like Slashdot) or are a fileserver (with lots of files). Generally, what is the most requested page on a website? The front page. So, naturally, it stays in cache all the time, and the hard disk will stay nice, cool and relaxed:-)
As the person above you in the thread pointed out, RAID helps too, if you need it. Or just split the files among multiple disks (for a fileserver).
I can't really understand why people want to go for 1 gigahertz instead of 900 MHz, when you have to pay that much more anyway:-) But I'm not sure if a dual Celeron would outperform this one; at least it would depend on what software you ran. Memory-intensive software, for instance, could easily `fill up' the bus, leaving you with only a _few percent_ left for improvement. That's a general problems with the Alphas too now -- the multipliers are so high, the CPU is spending more and more time just waiting for data... That's why Coppermine could be a relief -- going from 100 to 133 MHz helps a lot more that upping the multiplier by 33%. A bit funny that that is exactly the number you quoted, though;-)
Sadly, I have to agree on the `availability' point. I have a Millennium II, and I've _heard_ it's possible to do q3test on it, but I haven't found out how. So I tried the q3test in software emulation (80x60x0.5fps), and now I want 3D-acceleration even more... Nobody have a clue on how to get a Millennium II (or Millennium I -- Q3A without texture mapping, yay!) to work? (I simply don't have enough slots on my motherboard to put in a 3D card...)
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Cool... So if I go close to a radio transmitter, do I get stronger?
I'm wondering how this actually works. The best thing would probably just be reacting to a very weak signal, and amplifying that. On the other hand, the patient would `forget' how to use their muscles properly, and just keep emitting weak signals. About the same thing as painkillers -- take too much, and your pain threshold gets even lower.
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You see? That's exactly the problem -- there _are_ methods, but there will always be cases where they guess wrong. And even if I do connect from an American IP address, I could just be using a proxy. You never know :-)
For your 128-bit encryption needs, try Fortify (http://www.fortify.net/ -- sorry, I would have made that in HTML if my keyboard layout wouldn't have conflicted with my WM...)
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I've tried the Twiddler. You write pretty slow with it, but overall it looks cool. But the one I tried had a lot of problems. The main problem with the (apart from the typing speed, and that you'll hold your fingers a little weird -- don't think that's good for your wrist) seems to be the drivers: both the Windows and the Linux drivers had major problems (having to reboot to get it work, problems with different Linux distributions (I compiled it myself, under the same libc, on the same machine!) etc.). I think this classifies the Twiddler more as a gadget (and a product for wearables) than a serious alternative to mouse+keyboard.
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As explained, it's the same physical action, but in the case of the cassette (or some other mediums, as some other reader pointed out) you have actually paid for it, so it's legal.
I think you can pay the RIAA per song, and do the same to MP3. It still doesn't allow you to distribute it to non-paying friends, though.
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I think you pay a special fee for every audio cassette you buy (at least you used to do -- I haven't checked this information myself), designed to cover the profit loss.
However, audio cassettes and MP3s are two entirely different things. Tape is much worse than MP3 in almost all aspects: No random access, can only hold 1-2 hours (depending on the tape) per tape, and worse of all: After just two or three copies, the sound quality gets so bad, it's close to useless.
MP3 does not suffer from any of these problems, and as an extra `bonus' (if you're using it to copy music illegaly), you can use it across the globe. You don't have to walk over to a friend to copy it.
In short, this is why cassette copying has never been a real problem, whereas MP3 is. Having a fee on MP3s (the same way as on cassettes) would be close to impossible as well, since MP3s are largely independent of the media (HD, Zip, RAM or an MP3 player).
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What he seems to be commenting on, was the use of a dollar in "MS". And I agree with him (these things are becoming old, and don't help for anything), although I wouldn't say it that way.
Apologies for that -- hope it's still readable enough. Somehow, my `Use HTML' choice was reverted to extrans.
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Just to add to your list of excellent suggestions:
Tablets are (as you say) very nice (especially for drawing), but they aren't very cheap :-)
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They do use Real Software to broadcast the video over an IP network (namely the Internet). I don't really get what you're missing.
.com, .net and .org. And since close to nobody uses .us, you can't check for that either... (OK, .ca might help, but I guess Canadians use .com/.net/.org as well.)
Besides, it isn't always easy to determine physical location by IP address. In some simple cases, you can use host resolving, but more and more non-US companies and sites use
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If you like Asterix, there are multiple full-length movies (drawn) about them, and there's even a `real-life' version. Not sure in which countries they exist.
Of course, this is very off-topic anyway... (But what about Debian?)
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In December, rootshell had a note about a case just like this, except that the sum was under half as big ($31,400). They still were sentenced to death.
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I sent a >100kB mail once (pure text). Over 20000 words... Took me a whole (off-line) summer to write it, though: Spend a few hours every evening writing...
Well, anyhow, seeing the moderation totals for this comment is quite interesting. When I checked, it was:
Moderation Totals:Offtopic=8, Flamebait=1, Troll=2, Funny=5, Overrated=2, Total=18.
Nice going -- finally a moderator war...
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Not playing by the rules? Now, how does that matter? The only thing that should matter, is how good the page comes out, in all browsers as a whole, and in all aspects (ie. speed, look, etc.). If they have code to autodetect that you're running Lynx and uses this to serve an ultra-light version of the page, without a lot of tables and other junk, it would be just plain great. Sure, this feature can abused, but people abuse HTML all over.
In fact, I'd be happy to see Slashdot implement something like this. I connect with both Netscape (at school, with 2 megabits) and Lynx (at home, 28.800 bps). If the slash code could turn Light-mode automatically on whenever I connected with Lynx, it would take my browsing experiences to a new level :-)
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The Freshmeat effect seems to be powerful as well, and much easier to achieve than the Slashdot effect (since it's easier to get on Freshmeat). When my `program' (my 15 kB FTP server, now 20 kB) first hit Freshmeat, I got more hits in a single day than I had in a single month. Of course, nowadays linuxberg.com stands for over 80% of my referrals (if you exclude the cases where people have entered the URL directly), I'd suppose. My traffic spikes every time I make a new version and Freshmeat announce it.
Thanks, scoop.
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I've done some work on GIMP... does that count? It's still rather difficult to draw a line -- at percent of the code, time spent, or perhaps code lines? ;-)
I don't expect to get anything, though -- I don't think my contributions to the Linux community is big enough...
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m4 lets you do a server-side include, once :-)
I use it for my site, so I can have _both_ a frames and a non-frames version. In addition, if I need it, I can make gzip/compressed version (for HTTP/1.1 compression), I can add a new button to all non-frames pages at once, etc. etc. etc. m4 is your friend. And it's GNU...
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Define an `active Linux developer' -- I do some work on my program from time to time, has got close to 1000 Freshmeat downloads, and is listed on linux.com (together with all the other software there). Does that make me an `active Linux developer'? Probably not, since I haven't received any of those letters... They sent me a job offer once, though, but it `timed out' while I was on vacation, unable to read mail.
:-)
Or perhaps it's just that I'm not in the US
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Whether I'm a `geek', `nerd' or none, depends hugely on who asks. If a person from school asks if I'm a `computer nerd' (and thus clearly means a person with glasses, spending 18 hours a day in front of his computer and having no social life), I say no. But if a Slashdotter asks, I'd be more likely to say yes. And if a UFie asks if I'm a `geek' (User Friendly generally doesn't use the word `nerd'), I definitely am. So, it all depends :-)
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According to the GPL, the source code is the `preferred way of making alterations to the product'. So if you do machine code in your head, fine. If you use a paper sheet, I'm afraid you'll have to include that paper sheet (in ELECTRONIC form) with your product.
This is of course assuming that you're making alterations to another person's GPL'ed product. I'm not sure if you can claim that others distribute source if they don't have it -- I think that would prevent them from distributing it at all...
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Yeah, but you are free to "provide warranty in exchange for a fee", or something along those lines. Most users will _want_ a warranty (and are willing to pay for it), but you are free to set the terms however you want.
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"Just bury them deep enough" would be a direct violation of the GPL, as it requires you to make sure your users know their rights. The easiest thing would just have a physical paper sheet included, that gave an URL, either to your own server, or to for instance kernel.org.
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Still, I'd bet ftp.cdrom.com has 90% of the files they serve, in memory cache (switching seamlessly over to discussing FTP servers). And, doesn't that extra price tag justify getting another server entirely instead? As an added bonus, you'll have fallover support :-)
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Most normal webservers would probably don't care about access speed at all. Your entire company website is supposed to be small enough to fit in cache, unless you're running something with user input (like Slashdot) or are a fileserver (with lots of files). Generally, what is the most requested page on a website? The front page. So, naturally, it stays in cache all the time, and the hard disk will stay nice, cool and relaxed :-)
As the person above you in the thread pointed out, RAID helps too, if you need it. Or just split the files among multiple disks (for a fileserver).
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I can't really understand why people want to go for 1 gigahertz instead of 900 MHz, when you have to pay that much more anyway :-) But I'm not sure if a dual Celeron would outperform this one; at least it would depend on what software you ran. Memory-intensive software, for instance, could easily `fill up' the bus, leaving you with only a _few percent_ left for improvement. That's a general problems with the Alphas too now -- the multipliers are so high, the CPU is spending more and more time just waiting for data... That's why Coppermine could be a relief -- going from 100 to 133 MHz helps a lot more that upping the multiplier by 33%. A bit funny that that is exactly the number you quoted, though ;-)
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Sadly, I have to agree on the `availability' point. I have a Millennium II, and I've _heard_ it's possible to do q3test on it, but I haven't found out how. So I tried the q3test in software emulation (80x60x0.5fps), and now I want 3D-acceleration even more... Nobody have a clue on how to get a Millennium II (or Millennium I -- Q3A without texture mapping, yay!) to work? (I simply don't have enough slots on my motherboard to put in a 3D card...)
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