People don't want to know anything about how the world around them works. In a technical world, that's exactly what so-called nerds want to know. That's also why so many nerds have a passing interest in physics as well.
I'm talking about knowledge for the sake of knowledge. Explain to bev how the bubble sort algorithm works. It's simple enough that you could explain it in terms she'd understand, but her eyes would still gloss over. Explain how analog radio works, or an inkjet or laser printer, or virtual memory. The concepts behind all these are quite simple, anyone can understand them. But they will fight learning it with all the mental energy they have.
Financial reports and tax law are contrieved knowledge, not knowlege for the sake of knowledge.
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With the card, you won't know if you have to go to the to refill it. Nobody knows exactly how much cash they have, and with a card, it's too easy to forget a few purchases and have less than you expected.
The Icon 3 computers that were used in Ontario schools in the early 90's had the computer build into the back of the monitor. The whole back inch came off as a module so the computer could be upgraded without replacing the monitor.
I got UFied on Thursday and my site didn't even slow down. My web host is great. Find another host for under $20/month that will handle half a gig in 6 hours without slowing down.
Anyone with an account on that server can run scripts that will chew up all the processing power and bring down everybody's sites. Since everyone on the server specifically wanted ssh access, why should the webhost be liable?
How secure is this? My web host gave me ssh access, but they put my account on a separate server (with all the users who want ssh), and they warned me that they won't honor their uptime guarantee because having ssh reduces the security of the server. It seems like ssh would be a lot more secure than this script.
My understanding of the GPL is that as soon as that person re-sells one copy of my code, their version becomes freely distributable and the person who bought it can give it away to as many people as they want. As far as I'm concerned, this is good enough.
If you're really interested in the book suggestion, I got the name wrong, it's Distributed Operating Systems (he also wrote Computer Networks, which is an excellent book too).
Besides the synch problem, P2P distribution has reliability problems; people shutting their computer half way through a download or having corrupt copies to begin with. Many others were already mentioned on this discussion.
Another problem is that for something as small as a web page, the overhead in co-ordinating where to get the data from is greater than the size of the data itself.
My point with my site is that this is the best way to deal with possible surges in use. I'm sharing the pipe at least 1000 ways, but 99.9% of the time I'm not even using my share. However, when I need the bandwidth it's there for me; I have peaks where I hit 1-2 mpbs for a few minutes. Since it's shared so many ways by other people in the same situation, the overall price is very cheap (a small fraction of what I'm paying for my broadband connection).
The only difference between a "client" and "server" in a TCP/IP is that by convention we say the "client" is the machine that made the connection and the "server" was waiting. Once established, the connection is identical from both ends. The Internet is a peer to peer network, not a server client network. Read Network Operating Systems by Tannenbaum.
If you're creating a website for some friends, your 56k modem will easily be able to serve it. If it gets too many hits, pay a real hosting service. It's not that expensive.
ProfQuotes will easily withstand a slashdotting, it's on a 100mbps pipe. It would be impossible to build a 'real' site like that into a distribution service like you want because there would be no way to synchronize user submissions. A P2P file distribution network is good for large files that don't change often. Not for a 'live' website
If I'm a developer writing code that I'm willing to release freely for altruistic reasons, I don't want someone else taking my program, modifying it, and selling it for a profit. That's why I'd put it under the GPL.
You're saying you should have the freedom to profit from my work against my wishes.
You suggest they connect to you specifically with the P2P client to access your own page?
That sounds like you're just saying the P2P client should integrate a normal web server. Why not just run apache on your computer? Either way equally violates your TOS with your ISP.
Do you understand that the internet is fundamentally p2p?
I had a computer chess board that moved its own pieces in the mid-80's. The board was a consumer unit and not that expensive either.
It used magnets under the board to drag the pieces. What was cool was watching a knight move where it had to move another piece out of the way and then back.
The best way to preserve this media would be over a distributed network. People sign up to voulenteer space on their computers and then download only the media they want to archive. To retrieve the information, have a simple search client that will show you who has that information...Oh wait, that's just a P2P network.
They're talking about creating a central database of letters sent to all the newspapers that will subscribe to the system, not doing a search on the web to see if the person put the letter on their webpage.
I built my own ISA card years ago, all it has to do is decode port 80. It took 2 IC's to decode the address bus, and 2 to drive the LEDs. I haven't been able to find any info on PCI post codes (or much of anything on the PCI bus).
My latest MB (MSI KT3 Ultra) has a built in post display feature. I like that because it's my first board with no ISA slots.
This sounds like a virtual desktop screen larger than the physical monitor, only worse. The problem with the virtual desk top is it jumps around whenever the mouse gets near the edge, and it's a pain to see what you're doing
With the PDA it would be almost imposible to hold it steady enough to be useful, and what happens if you're in a moving vehicle? If you're trying to use the PDA in a meeting, you'll look silly trying to move the PDA around
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People don't want to know anything about how the world around them works. In a technical world, that's exactly what so-called nerds want to know. That's also why so many nerds have a passing interest in physics as well.
Jason
ProfQuotes
I'm talking about knowledge for the sake of knowledge. Explain to bev how the bubble sort algorithm works. It's simple enough that you could explain it in terms she'd understand, but her eyes would still gloss over. Explain how analog radio works, or an inkjet or laser printer, or virtual memory. The concepts behind all these are quite simple, anyone can understand them. But they will fight learning it with all the mental energy they have.
Financial reports and tax law are contrieved knowledge, not knowlege for the sake of knowledge.
Jason
ProfQuotes
People have an ingrained trait that they like to know as little as possible.
I'm sure most of the 'nerds' here have tried to explain something to someone and seen their eyes glaze over.
The majority of people who consider knowledge bad see nerds as being heritics for not resisting knowledge.
Jason
ProfQuotes
How can a deterministic computer create anything more then pseudorandom ?
By using lava lamps, of course
Jason
ProfQuotes
With the card, you won't know if you have to go to the to refill it. Nobody knows exactly how much cash they have, and with a card, it's too easy to forget a few purchases and have less than you expected.
The Icon 3 computers that were used in Ontario schools in the early 90's had the computer build into the back of the monitor. The whole back inch came off as a module so the computer could be upgraded without replacing the monitor.
Jason
ProfQuotes
It might do a good job cleaning his clothes
Jason
ProfQuotes
I got UFied on Thursday and my site didn't even slow down. My web host is great. Find another host for under $20/month that will handle half a gig in 6 hours without slowing down.
Anyone with an account on that server can run scripts that will chew up all the processing power and bring down everybody's sites. Since everyone on the server specifically wanted ssh access, why should the webhost be liable?
Jason
ProfQuotes
How secure is this? My web host gave me ssh access, but they put my account on a separate server (with all the users who want ssh), and they warned me that they won't honor their uptime guarantee because having ssh reduces the security of the server. It seems like ssh would be a lot more secure than this script.
Jason
ProfQuotes
An infinite number of users using /dev/urandom on an infinite number of computers will produce the entire RIAA library instantly.
...and probably some good music too.
Jason
ProfQuotes
It means we'll get more free coasters as AOL tries to compensate for the lost customers.
Jason
ProfQuotes
My understanding of the GPL is that as soon as that person re-sells one copy of my code, their version becomes freely distributable and the person who bought it can give it away to as many people as they want. As far as I'm concerned, this is good enough.
Jason
ProfQuotes
If you're really interested in the book suggestion, I got the name wrong, it's Distributed Operating Systems (he also wrote Computer Networks, which is an excellent book too).
Besides the synch problem, P2P distribution has reliability problems; people shutting their computer half way through a download or having corrupt copies to begin with. Many others were already mentioned on this discussion.
Another problem is that for something as small as a web page, the overhead in co-ordinating where to get the data from is greater than the size of the data itself.
My point with my site is that this is the best way to deal with possible surges in use. I'm sharing the pipe at least 1000 ways, but 99.9% of the time I'm not even using my share. However, when I need the bandwidth it's there for me; I have peaks where I hit 1-2 mpbs for a few minutes. Since it's shared so many ways by other people in the same situation, the overall price is very cheap (a small fraction of what I'm paying for my broadband connection).
Jason
ProfQuotes
The only difference between a "client" and "server" in a TCP/IP is that by convention we say the "client" is the machine that made the connection and the "server" was waiting. Once established, the connection is identical from both ends. The Internet is a peer to peer network, not a server client network. Read Network Operating Systems by Tannenbaum.
If you're creating a website for some friends, your 56k modem will easily be able to serve it. If it gets too many hits, pay a real hosting service. It's not that expensive.
ProfQuotes will easily withstand a slashdotting, it's on a 100mbps pipe. It would be impossible to build a 'real' site like that into a distribution service like you want because there would be no way to synchronize user submissions. A P2P file distribution network is good for large files that don't change often. Not for a 'live' website
Jason
ProfQuotes
If I'm a developer writing code that I'm willing to release freely for altruistic reasons, I don't want someone else taking my program, modifying it, and selling it for a profit. That's why I'd put it under the GPL.
You're saying you should have the freedom to profit from my work against my wishes.
Jason
ProfQuotes
You suggest they connect to you specifically with the P2P client to access your own page?
That sounds like you're just saying the P2P client should integrate a normal web server. Why not just run apache on your computer? Either way equally violates your TOS with your ISP.
Do you understand that the internet is fundamentally p2p?
Jason
ProfQuotes
Who would have thought that sitting in a chair for 8 hours straight without moving would be bad for their health?
I hope these researchers didn't have a big grant.
Jason
ProfQuotes
I had a computer chess board that moved its own pieces in the mid-80's. The board was a consumer unit and not that expensive either.
It used magnets under the board to drag the pieces. What was cool was watching a knight move where it had to move another piece out of the way and then back.
Jason
ProfQuotes
The best way to preserve this media would be over a distributed network. People sign up to voulenteer space on their computers and then download only the media they want to archive. To retrieve the information, have a simple search client that will show you who has that information...Oh wait, that's just a P2P network.
Jason
ProfQuotes
They're talking about creating a central database of letters sent to all the newspapers that will subscribe to the system, not doing a search on the web to see if the person put the letter on their webpage.
Jason
ProfQuotes
Does this mean if you try to play a copyrighted work, the RIAA will DOS your guitar?
Jason
ProfQuotes
I built my own ISA card years ago, all it has to do is decode port 80. It took 2 IC's to decode the address bus, and 2 to drive the LEDs. I haven't been able to find any info on PCI post codes (or much of anything on the PCI bus).
My latest MB (MSI KT3 Ultra) has a built in post display feature. I like that because it's my first board with no ISA slots.
Jason
ProfQuotes
This sounds like a virtual desktop screen larger than the physical monitor, only worse. The problem with the virtual desk top is it jumps around whenever the mouse gets near the edge, and it's a pain to see what you're doing
With the PDA it would be almost imposible to hold it steady enough to be useful, and what happens if you're in a moving vehicle? If you're trying to use the PDA in a meeting, you'll look silly trying to move the PDA around
Jason
ProfQuotes
Aren't they working together to bring about DRM?
Jason
ProfQuotes
$5,000/hour to rent studio time * 4 hours, and another $5,000 for post production work.
Jason
ProfQuotes