How can you possibly determine what is or isn't valuable information before it's even discovered??
Granted there are never any guarantees, but the Cassini probe is going to be over 1000 times closer than previous probes. You never know what it might discover.
Yes, Earthlink is pretty fucking bad... here is my conversation with Earthlink Cable Tech Support:
ME: Hi, I got a new IP lease last night and the new IP does not have a reverse DNS record. This is causing me delays/timeouts when I connect to servers that do reverse DNS lookups.
THEM: What version of windows are you using?
ME:(inner monologue -- I better not tell them it's Linux, they will determine that to be the problem) Well that's pretty irrelevant since the reverse DNS record would be on your DNS server, wouldn't it. Are you sure you understand the problem I'm describing?
THEM: Oh, yes, yes, I understand.
ME: So can you fix it?
THEM: Please be on hold. (not a native english speaker, obviously)... (and I wait for 5 min). Sir, we do not support changing your IP address.
ME:(MORON ALERT IS GOING OFF!) UHH... well I didn't really WANT a new IP address, but your DHCP server gave me a new one when the IP lease was up.
THEM: Please be on hold. (another 5 min.) Sir, we do not support reversing your DNS.
ME: Oh, I see. Well if I was in your position and I didn't know the answer to a problem and I was too lazy to find out, I guess I too would just say: "we don't support that"! CLICK.
The next day Earthlink sent me a survey about my support call. I responded and told them that I was so disgusted by their tech support stupidity that I was going to switch to a new ISP. They actually responded and begged me not to switch. They asked me to reply to the email with a description of the problem. Much to my surprise, within a few hours of responding to their email, my new IP address suddenly got a reverse DNS record.
Several months later I had some other painfully frustrating problems with Earthlink that I could not get resolved by phone, by email or by "live chat" support. I ended up switching to a new ISP. Earthlink is the devil.
The 22 year old guy she was working with thought he was breaking the law with a 20-something hottie instead of this 55 year old overweight felon from Akron. He must feel pretty stupid about now. this story has more detail
I admit I am anti-Microsoft, but even when I try to think objectively, I am skeptical that this could be any more than a PR show aimed at reassuring cautious government tech buyers.
It was said that they would open the source to parts of windows... but I would guess that Microsoft is going to decide which parts anyone will get to see. Since it sounds like they are shrugging off any piracy/IP concerns, I wonder if they really plan to share anything more than the source code behind "Flying Windows"
I think the success of this thing is most about the sticker price. I think it is the primary factor in many purchasing decisions Americans make. Whether it has windows/linux intel/via isn't much less important than "yeah, I think I can swing $200 to get a computer"
That's why walmart itself is such a big success... they may not carry the nicest of anything, but they sure do sell it cheap!
I pay $100/month for a dedicated server, and I use it to operate a small web hosting service with just enough clients to cover my costs. Most of my clients are friends or friends of friends so I cut them a good deal, but it works out well. I get hosting for my site and I get my own server to play with and the only cost is fixing any problems/answering any questions that come up.
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How can you possibly determine what is or isn't valuable information before it's even discovered??
Granted there are never any guarantees, but the Cassini probe is going to be over 1000 times closer than previous probes. You never know what it might discover.
Weird looking?
Seriously, I don't know what you are talking about.
He just looks like a guy with a beard to me. Is that so bad?
He does harp on the fact that it runs Linux pretty often, even when it's insignificant-- like the OS has something to do with a poor user interface.
Yes, Earthlink is pretty fucking bad...
... (and I wait for 5 min). Sir, we do not support changing your IP address.
here is my conversation with Earthlink Cable Tech Support:
ME: Hi, I got a new IP lease last night and the new IP does not have a reverse DNS record. This is causing me delays/timeouts when I connect to servers that do reverse DNS lookups.
THEM: What version of windows are you using?
ME: (inner monologue -- I better not tell them it's Linux, they will determine that to be the problem) Well that's pretty irrelevant since the reverse DNS record would be on your DNS server, wouldn't it. Are you sure you understand the problem I'm describing?
THEM: Oh, yes, yes, I understand.
ME: So can you fix it?
THEM: Please be on hold. (not a native english speaker, obviously)
ME: (MORON ALERT IS GOING OFF!) UHH... well I didn't really WANT a new IP address, but your DHCP server gave me a new one when the IP lease was up.
THEM: Please be on hold. (another 5 min.) Sir, we do not support reversing your DNS.
ME: Oh, I see. Well if I was in your position and I didn't know the answer to a problem and I was too lazy to find out, I guess I too would just say: "we don't support that"! CLICK.
The next day Earthlink sent me a survey about my support call. I responded and told them that I was so disgusted by their tech support stupidity that I was going to switch to a new ISP. They actually responded and begged me not to switch. They asked me to reply to the email with a description of the problem. Much to my surprise, within a few hours of responding to their email, my new IP address suddenly got a reverse DNS record.
Several months later I had some other painfully frustrating problems with Earthlink that I could not get resolved by phone, by email or by "live chat" support. I ended up switching to a new ISP. Earthlink is the devil.
She appeared in federal court in Virginia but she is from Akron, Ohio so you're linking to someone else's contact info.
The 22 year old guy she was working with thought he was breaking the law with a 20-something hottie instead of this 55 year old overweight felon from Akron. He must feel pretty stupid about now.
this story has more detail
I admit I am anti-Microsoft, but even when I try to think objectively, I am skeptical that this could be any more than a PR show aimed at reassuring cautious government tech buyers.
It was said that they would open the source to parts of windows... but I would guess that Microsoft is going to decide which parts anyone will get to see. Since it sounds like they are shrugging off any piracy/IP concerns, I wonder if they really plan to share anything more than the source code behind "Flying Windows"
I think the success of this thing is most about the sticker price. I think it is the primary factor in many purchasing decisions Americans make. Whether it has windows/linux intel/via isn't much less important than "yeah, I think I can swing $200 to get a computer"
That's why walmart itself is such a big success... they may not carry the nicest of anything, but they sure do sell it cheap!
I pay $100/month for a dedicated server, and I use it to operate a small web hosting service with just enough clients to cover my costs. Most of my clients are friends or friends of friends so I cut them a good deal, but it works out well. I get hosting for my site and I get my own server to play with and the only cost is fixing any problems/answering any questions that come up.
personally I have NO problem with them removing mp3 plugins. It is just more reason to use a better/free-er format... OGG!