With a standard centralized distribution model, there's a higher probability that a user will log back in who is sharing the file in question. When a BitTorrent dies, it's pretty much permanently gone unless it's a special case.
I'm talking about finding "rare" files. Episodes of Vengeance Unlimited, for instance. I got 350MB done a 400MB file, and then it vanished. There's no guarantee a file will be there to be completed, especially when it's a rare file, and that turns me off of the distribution model. My comment about spiralling downward toward the Land of FOX had to do with the thought that if only popular files are completeable, then they will rule, and eventually BitTorrent would only be good for finding the latest Britney Spears sex video.
For the record, BitTorrent *sucks* as a media distribution model. It only works for "popular" data, which results in an ever-worsening spiral downward into The Land Of FOX. Once the torrent dies, dozens, hundreds, or thousands of people are left with incomplete and useless files.
Well, I'm one to talk. I rolled my own CMS too. It's kinda fun, but I don't think I would enjoy doing it repeatedly. My specific goal was to design one that was less bloated than PHPNuke. I had tried PostNuke, and it was fine but still a tad too bloated for my tastes (and needs).
You don't have to release code to become popular. He was talking about creating public-internet sites, and odds are decent that one might take off. And as we all know, closed source does NOT preclude the discovery of bugs and the creation of exploits. *cough*.
The term for this is "Security through Obscurity". It's like moving SSH (or worse, telnet) to port 23456, only somewhat more indepth (like writing your own telnetd).
Sure, it works, but only until it becomes popular and, thus, no longer obscure.
Irish Roman Catholic President John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
Pakistani Muslim* President Babu Baht.
Hey, it could happen. YOU ARE A BAD MAN, A VEDDY BAD MAN!
* Disclaimer: I am just guessing the faith, he could easily have been a Hindu or Sikh for all I know
Then you must never have heard of one of the most wildly successful ads of all time - Apple's 1984 Superbowl ad. It only aired once, but all the media coverage of "the event" (and by that I mean the ad) caused it to have a wider viewing audience than if they had gone national with it.
I heard that the design of the ad will be intended to resemble the Declaration of Independence. Therefore, 10,000 names should fit suitably, even at half the page. There should be room to have all the blurbiness they need.
Why not take all the ads and display them as a flyer, overlayed across the web page for a few seconds - enough time for anyone sufficiently interested in a product or service to investigate it further by really clicking?
Just doing "clicks" won't help the site, as they'll get cut from the advertising program for not generating a typical or sufficient amount of revenue. Plus, sales from clickthroughs on some advertising services can count for extra income on the site. Helping the site would include encouraging interested parties to buy from the site.
Granted, some sites (slashdot! boo!;-)) don't seem to need the help that much...
True, but at least Encarta does fact-checking, however corporate-biased it may be. There've been false "facts" on Wikipedia for months, I've seen it happen. (And no, I didn't fix it, since it was a research project into the accuracy of the wiki.)
That sounds more like a Lunar Space Tether, not a Space Elevator on the Moon (since a space elevator wouldn't actually be connected to anything on the other end).
Slashdot Mirror
Chicken Cannon!
Obviously you weren't around for the HTTP-Server-Running-On-A-Potato post.
Mmm, baked potato.
In Soviet Russia, sex money and babysitting exploit YOU! :D
With a standard centralized distribution model, there's a higher probability that a user will log back in who is sharing the file in question. When a BitTorrent dies, it's pretty much permanently gone unless it's a special case.
If humans get fired for Unauthorized Computer Use, could not a computer be fired for Unauthorized Human Use?
I'm talking about finding "rare" files. Episodes of Vengeance Unlimited, for instance. I got 350MB done a 400MB file, and then it vanished. There's no guarantee a file will be there to be completed, especially when it's a rare file, and that turns me off of the distribution model. My comment about spiralling downward toward the Land of FOX had to do with the thought that if only popular files are completeable, then they will rule, and eventually BitTorrent would only be good for finding the latest Britney Spears sex video.
For the record, BitTorrent *sucks* as a media distribution model. It only works for "popular" data, which results in an ever-worsening spiral downward into The Land Of FOX. Once the torrent dies, dozens, hundreds, or thousands of people are left with incomplete and useless files.
;-)
World's Worst Reliable Delivery Method.
Well, I'm one to talk. I rolled my own CMS too. It's kinda fun, but I don't think I would enjoy doing it repeatedly. My specific goal was to design one that was less bloated than PHPNuke. I had tried PostNuke, and it was fine but still a tad too bloated for my tastes (and needs).
You don't have to release code to become popular. He was talking about creating public-internet sites, and odds are decent that one might take off. And as we all know, closed source does NOT preclude the discovery of bugs and the creation of exploits. *cough*.
The term for this is "Security through Obscurity". It's like moving SSH (or worse, telnet) to port 23456, only somewhat more indepth (like writing your own telnetd).
Sure, it works, but only until it becomes popular and, thus, no longer obscure.
Irish Roman Catholic President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Pakistani Muslim* President Babu Baht. Hey, it could happen. YOU ARE A BAD MAN, A VEDDY BAD MAN! * Disclaimer: I am just guessing the faith, he could easily have been a Hindu or Sikh for all I know
Then you must never have heard of one of the most wildly successful ads of all time - Apple's 1984 Superbowl ad. It only aired once, but all the media coverage of "the event" (and by that I mean the ad) caused it to have a wider viewing audience than if they had gone national with it.
Folders are fine - I prefer shortcuts to folders, but Explorer doesn't let them show up in the drop-down lists. *grumble grumble*
I like the dialogs with the one-click access to "My Documents", I wish they were all like that. And I wish it was more easily customizable, too.
"icons for"? Most seem to just have the files themselves, no shortcuts ... crazyness! Glad I don't have to deal with that at work. Yay *nix!
Probably on Slashdot, around Sept or Oct. Guess I mis-read.
I heard that the design of the ad will be intended to resemble the Declaration of Independence. Therefore, 10,000 names should fit suitably, even at half the page. There should be room to have all the blurbiness they need.
I think you mean Schroedinger's Cat. Heisenberg was a dog man, he couldn't withstand the uncertainty of the feline personality.
The web browser would be in control of it. Heck, it could be a sidebar.
How does that help the site?
;-)) don't seem to need the help that much ...
Why not take all the ads and display them as a flyer, overlayed across the web page for a few seconds - enough time for anyone sufficiently interested in a product or service to investigate it further by really clicking?
Just doing "clicks" won't help the site, as they'll get cut from the advertising program for not generating a typical or sufficient amount of revenue. Plus, sales from clickthroughs on some advertising services can count for extra income on the site. Helping the site would include encouraging interested parties to buy from the site.
Granted, some sites (slashdot! boo!
True, but at least Encarta does fact-checking, however corporate-biased it may be. There've been false "facts" on Wikipedia for months, I've seen it happen. (And no, I didn't fix it, since it was a research project into the accuracy of the wiki.)
I heard a stat once: There are more people alive on this planet right now than the total sum of everyone who has died in human history.
In soviet russia, camera liquifies YOU!
That sounds more like a Lunar Space Tether, not a Space Elevator on the Moon (since a space elevator wouldn't actually be connected to anything on the other end).
... not unless they invented warp drive, or near light speed propulsion ...
Oh my god, they've gone PLAID!
Bzzt. Spice is from Dune, not Final Fantasy.