I'm sure you're right. The World Bank, however, is not a bank per se, more a non-profit organisation. Not saying' they'd be any better in terms of investing in IT security.
The president can only veto a bill, he/she does not make laws. A good president respects the democratic process and only vetoes a bill when there is extremely good reason to do so. It's only president Bush who has distorted the procedure with signing statements.
It's sad when a foreigner has to point out how your political system works.
I blame Java courses. They all seem to push into GUI programming as quickly as possible. This put me off for a long time even though the rigour and wide range of applications of Java do appeal to me. I don't have much interest in GUI programming at the moment.
In fact many Java coders never do any GUI programming as it's used a lot in embedded and server side applications.
My ISP gives each user a single static IP address. Additional addresses can be obtained against a one time administrative fee. I have three addresses, all in the same/24 subnet. They are not contiguous but sprinkled across the address range.
Never mind the fact that our genetic makeup is only a tiny fraction of what makes us humans. A human re-created from DNA would still be an alien to us.
I beg to disagree. You're setting up false dichotomy between physiological addiction that you have no control over and behavioural addiction that can be stopped at any time.
If a smoker or coke junkie kicks the habit using sheer willpower, does that mean they were not "really" addicted? Or is it that all other smokers are just lacking willpower?
There are plenty of support groups for people addicted to gambling. I don't think it's any different from AA.
I know what it's like to be addicted to gaming. I get fidgety and grouchy when I want to play but can't due to other duties. Just like you describe.
I hear what you're saying - going cold turkey from a hard drug is a lot worse - but you shouldn't dismiss people addicted to gambling or gaming as weaklings with too little willpower.
My thoughts exactly. I'm from a Nordic country and studied in the UK in the 90's. I found it amusing to find everyone using cheques. I'd never seen a chequebook before. We'd been making bank transfers for years, mostly using ATM-type transfer machines found at banks and public areas next to ATMs. Bank charges make sure there are barely anyone goes to a bank just to move money. In the UK people were suspicious of giving their bank account numbers as direct transfers were a new thing for them, but didn't seem to think cheques were risky.
Internet banking had been adopted much earlier too, as banks had already offered direct modem connections for PC owners before the Internet. One time pads + PIN were used from the start, whereas my UK bank still uses a non-changing passcode today.
I hope this gives you an idea what I think about this thread. With my background, things like direct debit had never been an issue for me. I do check what charges are made from my account, but I don't see any inherent problem. I'd be much more worried about cheques.
It's not about running other fucking people's lives. It's about my and my family's lives who are at risk because of somebody's overinflated confidence in their driving skills.
Most people think they are fantastic drivers and everyone else is a road hazard. It's also no coincidence it's the same road aces that end up dead and taking a few with them.
The researchers and the university spend a lot of effort and money to get results, and the publisher gets the copyright to the article for free. Then the same university that produced the article have to buy the journal back for big $⣠from the privately owned publisher.
Practically the whole business is owned by a handful of companies, the 800lb pound gorilla being Elsevier. Wiley and others come way behind.
Yes, peer review is pivotal to academic research but the system is idiotic. Many libraries cannot afford all the journals they need to stay current. It's even worse for poorer countries.
You mean Cogent prevented Telia-Sonera customers from accessing said documents?
You've got to be a politician, lawyer or a spindoctor for the way you present facts.
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China's All-Seeing Eye
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On this vein, there is nothing communist about China anymore, it's a National Socialist system. Just like with the NSDAP (Nazi party), the "socialism" is there only in name.
At the risk of prodding a hornets' nest here... I've come across lots of projects that look interesting but haven't been updated or need more work.
Whatever happened to this on? Lots of potential. It's got industry backing and the audience is high end users with plenty of money. Last release in 2001. http://sourceforge.net/projects/hbaprovider/
And excuse me the heresy, but for a noob Python developer it was a major drag to get started with SOAP, mainly because all the projects appeared to be in various states of disarray and abandonment, including promising-but-needing-help (soaplib), bloated-and-convoluted (ZSI) and totally abandoned (Pythonware, SOAP.py).
Obviously all of these have a specific history, such as a superior competing project, but compared with Java it's shameful. As I love Python it was a great disappointment. *shrug*
Anyway, I'm too tired to rack my brain for more examples, but there have been plenty.
Why is everyone so blinkered they always assume Microsoft employees are evil and anti-OSS? I don't think this guy is being negative, rather he's saying OSS could get an additional boost from extra payments.
Indeed I've come across plenty of projects on Sourceforge that look promising but haven't been maintained for years, and others that could do with an additional boost.
OTOH, while I don't know of statistics, it seems to me certain projects are getting support as long as they make donations easy, for example I recall Tobi Oetiker's (RRDTool and MRTG) "thanks to" list being quite long.:)
If you want to slam the guy for this statement, compare with proprietary software from a company that goes under. If your vendor disappears you are completely out of luck, whereas with OSS you can at least hire a consultant to help you out.
I understand the Russian political situation in that they are worried about more independence-seeking parts.
But, there is a _slight_ difference between being invaded and forcibly joined into a federation (and then being mistreated), and voluntarily joining an *international* organization composed of *sovereign* states. Either you are blind or choosing to ignore the reasons why Estonia joined EU and NATO, it's precisely because they don't want to be invaded by Russia again. I also strongly object to the suggestion that you need to do something (I assume you suggest to sacrifice thousands of lives) to deserve independence. The flip side of that argument is that it's OK to invade any country that doesn't put up a fight. What did Switzerland do to "deserve" independence?
Hmm, so you're saying a nation's right to self-determination and to conduct internal affairs depends on - it's size - it's achievements - perceived humility towards a neighbouring nation so insecure they get aroused by a small gesture
You're simply betraying your own sense of superiority and arrogant imperialist tendencies.
Russians need to grow up and realise they don't need to care what others think of them. Their reaction is no different from Muslims issuing fatwahs on Danish cartoonists. Oh, and learn to see there is usually more than one valid viewpoint on a given issue, and respect others' views.
Slashdot Mirror
... of a dead OS? (Netcraft etc.)
I'm sure you're right. The World Bank, however, is not a bank per se, more a non-profit organisation. Not saying' they'd be any better in terms of investing in IT security.
Please, find out how laws are made.
The president can only veto a bill, he/she does not make laws. A good president respects the democratic process and only vetoes a bill when there is extremely good reason to do so. It's only president Bush who has distorted the procedure with signing statements.
It's sad when a foreigner has to point out how your political system works.
Ignorance is OK. Not reading the article before posting is ... Slashdot.
Here, let me help you:
The high speed electrons used in the electron microscope <nah nah nah> making it difficult to get accurate results and impossible to repeat tests.
I blame Java courses. They all seem to push into GUI programming as quickly as possible. This put me off for a long time even though the rigour and wide range of applications of Java do appeal to me. I don't have much interest in GUI programming at the moment.
In fact many Java coders never do any GUI programming as it's used a lot in embedded and server side applications.
Correct.
My ISP gives each user a single static IP address. Additional addresses can be obtained against a one time administrative fee. I have three addresses, all in the same /24 subnet. They are not contiguous but sprinkled across the address range.
Never mind the fact that our genetic makeup is only a tiny fraction of what makes us humans. A human re-created from DNA would still be an alien to us.
If you think about it really hard, it may just be that Mr. Opportunist was making the exact same frikkin point but in a humorous and less labored way.
Mod me down but I couldn't help myself.
I beg to disagree. You're setting up false dichotomy between physiological addiction that you have no control over and behavioural addiction that can be stopped at any time.
If a smoker or coke junkie kicks the habit using sheer willpower, does that mean they were not "really" addicted? Or is it that all other smokers are just lacking willpower?
There are plenty of support groups for people addicted to gambling. I don't think it's any different from AA.
I know what it's like to be addicted to gaming. I get fidgety and grouchy when I want to play but can't due to other duties. Just like you describe.
I hear what you're saying - going cold turkey from a hard drug is a lot worse - but you shouldn't dismiss people addicted to gambling or gaming as weaklings with too little willpower.
I think it's sad when people can't behave responsibly without being snooped upon, whether it's the police or neighbours.
My thoughts exactly. I'm from a Nordic country and studied in the UK in the 90's. I found it amusing to find everyone using cheques. I'd never seen a chequebook before. We'd been making bank transfers for years, mostly using ATM-type transfer machines found at banks and public areas next to ATMs. Bank charges make sure there are barely anyone goes to a bank just to move money. In the UK people were suspicious of giving their bank account numbers as direct transfers were a new thing for them, but didn't seem to think cheques were risky.
Internet banking had been adopted much earlier too, as banks had already offered direct modem connections for PC owners before the Internet. One time pads + PIN were used from the start, whereas my UK bank still uses a non-changing passcode today.
I hope this gives you an idea what I think about this thread. With my background, things like direct debit had never been an issue for me. I do check what charges are made from my account, but I don't see any inherent problem. I'd be much more worried about cheques.
Too right! I blame Perl. Go for Python and life will be better for all.
*hides*
Home Office contractor loses entire prison population
It's not about running other fucking people's lives. It's about my and my family's lives who are at risk because of somebody's overinflated confidence in their driving skills.
Most people think they are fantastic drivers and everyone else is a road hazard. It's also no coincidence it's the same road aces that end up dead and taking a few with them.
I thought the guy behind Notice for Newbies post on their forums, "Professor Gaycunt" was also a bit of a giveaway.
Can't load balance hosted services without a remote router? Round robin DNS with short TTLs, with a script to remove an IP if a link goes down.
Outgoing TCP connections are OK when using Linux:
http://lartc.org/lartc.html#LARTC.RPDB.MULTIPLE-LINKS
If you buy an off the shelf solution from the likes of F5 there's even more control.
The researchers and the university spend a lot of effort and money to get results, and the publisher gets the copyright to the article for free. Then the same university that produced the article have to buy the journal back for big $⣠from the privately owned publisher.
Practically the whole business is owned by a handful of companies, the 800lb pound gorilla being Elsevier. Wiley and others come way behind.
Yes, peer review is pivotal to academic research but the system is idiotic. Many libraries cannot afford all the journals they need to stay current. It's even worse for poorer countries.
Please provide details (source?), am interested.
You mean Cogent prevented Telia-Sonera customers from accessing said documents?
You've got to be a politician, lawyer or a spindoctor for the way you present facts.
On this vein, there is nothing communist about China anymore, it's a National Socialist system. Just like with the NSDAP (Nazi party), the "socialism" is there only in name.
At the risk of prodding a hornets' nest here ... I've come across lots of projects that look interesting but haven't been updated or need more work.
Whatever happened to this on? Lots of potential. It's got industry backing and the audience is high end users with plenty of money. Last release in 2001.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/hbaprovider/
And excuse me the heresy, but for a noob Python developer it was a major drag to get started with SOAP, mainly because all the projects appeared to be in various states of disarray and abandonment, including promising-but-needing-help (soaplib), bloated-and-convoluted (ZSI) and totally abandoned (Pythonware, SOAP.py).
Obviously all of these have a specific history, such as a superior competing project, but compared with Java it's shameful. As I love Python it was a great disappointment. *shrug*
Anyway, I'm too tired to rack my brain for more examples, but there have been plenty.
Why is everyone so blinkered they always assume Microsoft employees are evil and anti-OSS? I don't think this guy is being negative, rather he's saying OSS could get an additional boost from extra payments.
:)
Indeed I've come across plenty of projects on Sourceforge that look promising but haven't been maintained for years, and others that could do with an additional boost.
OTOH, while I don't know of statistics, it seems to me certain projects are getting support as long as they make donations easy, for example I recall Tobi Oetiker's (RRDTool and MRTG) "thanks to" list being quite long.
If you want to slam the guy for this statement, compare with proprietary software from a company that goes under. If your vendor disappears you are completely out of luck, whereas with OSS you can at least hire a consultant to help you out.
I understand the Russian political situation in that they are worried about more independence-seeking parts.
But, there is a _slight_ difference between being invaded and forcibly joined into a federation (and then being mistreated), and voluntarily joining an *international* organization composed of *sovereign* states. Either you are blind or choosing to ignore the reasons why Estonia joined EU and NATO, it's precisely because they don't want to be invaded by Russia again. I also strongly object to the suggestion that you need to do something (I assume you suggest to sacrifice thousands of lives) to deserve independence. The flip side of that argument is that it's OK to invade any country that doesn't put up a fight. What did Switzerland do to "deserve" independence?
Not American. Sorry, no cigar.
Hmm, so you're saying a nation's right to self-determination and to conduct internal affairs depends on
- it's size
- it's achievements
- perceived humility towards a neighbouring nation so insecure they get aroused by a small gesture
You're simply betraying your own sense of superiority and arrogant imperialist tendencies.
Russians need to grow up and realise they don't need to care what others think of them. Their reaction is no different from Muslims issuing fatwahs on Danish cartoonists. Oh, and learn to see there is usually more than one valid viewpoint on a given issue, and respect others' views.