er, your former boss's mail @ interceptor.com has a hell of a typo in the first paragraph. The (presumably) actual site at codesta.com is still not availabel at 19:12 EST. Anyplace else I should look? The Google mirror was funny, but once was enough. Thx
Handy little trick for dealing with all that here: straight HTML in lynx; if it flies there, it's probably good anywhere. Then I take a look at the same page in moz, netscape, IE, _and_ opera. 9 out of 10 times, it's good.
Cool idea, I'm wondering what other uses there might be for this. I do have one question though: how random is the randomness? Will there be some applied chaos theory at work (such as strange attractors)? How do you decide upon the point where the approach to pure randomness (starting from a non-random beginning) is too expensive in network terms?
I just bailed out of this thread when I realized with horror that it was all devolving towards the "lowest common denominator"... what if we applied these attitudes towards other social phenomena?
I hear of people at my isp who crash their web tv in one week. And I had to explain to my Mom that there _is_ no needle in her cd player. And I'm not comfortable with the tech of a generation younger than me. And you know what? That's ok; it's probably a natural phenomenon of just being human. [fsvo human]
Seriously tho -- you'd be amazed at how much politics and corruption is involved in the American energy scene. Example: There are 2 large hydro plants less than 50 km from me, yet I pay 22% more for my electric than my sister (in another state), where she is required to get her electric from an atomic plant aprox. 600 km distant. Trust me, it's not the average working class who is inefficient here; they simply can't afford it. Rather, it's the wealthy (including corporations) or those with political influence. For what it's worth, I drive a very efficient Suzuki which I can barely afford. Also please bear in mind that most of the US seems to view California as an aberration, a strange thing. I can say this from experience; I've either traveled or lived in approximately 38 states, and all seem to think California is strange.
true, there is much waste; and I spend a fair amount of energy complaining about our tax structure, etc. However, I also realize that _somebody_ has to pay for it all, and for what it's worth I've been on both sides of all that, especially regarding health care and gov't services. Short conclusion: My healthcare is not a public service, I pay for it and what I say about it is the final word as far as that goes. IMO the vast majority of the wastage is caused by our gov't, since I tried their services once too.
BTW I'm American of German descent, and I don't buy any sorts of superiority. Different, yes. Superior, no. HOWEVER -- I also don't need "papers" to do a damn thing, except possibly to buy a house and a car. A suzuki car at that.
shouldn't there be a corresponding.fud communications protocol to enhance the.net framework? hmmmm... I need to check up on the latest RFC's. (http://www.ietf.org)
Wow, maybe I'm a bit cynical, or maybe it's really troll time for me. Whatever. I'm at the point of simply throwing up my (virtual) hands at this sort of crap. Ask yourself this: In the last 5 years, how many tech-oriented businesses have tanked because technical decisions were made by the decidedly non-technical? Perhaps this is the real heart of the problem: a simple culture clash. It's perhaps time for senior manglement to learn when to really listen. My stock response nowadays is to simply give them whatever they really wanted to begin with, regardless of the suckiness of it. After all, the customer is always right, no? Guaranteed, I've never gotten a single negative response from this approach -- many people can't admit to themselves that they were asses, either. Instead, I simply shake and nod my head sympathetically, charge for a few more hours, and go about my business.
while I don't see anything inherently wrong here, it's just a simple matter of attitude for me: the value of personal privacy far outweighs the potential benefits of "anytime, anywhere" connectivity. That's really a personal decision, so as the article (correctly) points out, this may just be indicative of some large cultural differences.
isn't this the same sort of "bundling" activity that got MS into trouble in the first place wrt Netscape/IE? It's not as pervasive on the front-end now (from the end-user's perspective), but it's all over the back-end... where the real money probably is. Not that I really give a crap either way -- I switched over to 100% OSS/Free software about 5 years ago, and I don't have any desire to actively trade in certain file formats. For that matter, I've only bought 2 music CD's since the format was first invented. Reason why? It didn't take long to realize what was going on in the industry, so I simply boycotted it altogether. I don't think I'm missing much either, judging by the crap on the car radio going into work this morning. The entire DVD thing was a real yawner for me; same shit, different day.
When will the content owners actually take responsibility for enforcing their ownership, instead of foisting their problems (such as really antiquated business models) upon the IT industry and its users?
For that matter, perhaps some of the IT industry has equally antiquated business models.
Bah.
Regarding human nature:
"Many a man has also cast off his final worth when he cast off the chains of his bondage."
Frederich Nietzsche, "Also Sprach Zarathustra".
Also, (quote)
"Freedom is the province of the strong."
Frederich Nietzsche, "Beyond Good and Evil"
just my beliefs, personally. I don't even care if you flame me for it - it's not really going to change a thing.
Maybe they're just using a BSD-type core, ala osX. Not that I actually read the article -- I don't need another ulcer. Besides, unauthorized programs don't run on my Linux box, either, and I don't worry about my freedoms in that regard. If you check closely enough, the Joe Average (read: the other 99%) doesn't really give a hoot anyway as long as all they have to do is plug it in and it seems to work.
Notice the word "seems" in the previous statement. Just my observation here: Joe average so often doesn't know or care when it _doesn't_ work, because "It's just so Haaarrd to learn all that...". Perhaps this is the ultimate sign of a commoditized market (not that I agree with the cattle-like will to stupidity). Just my opinion, etc.
yeah you're reading this post courtesy of my white box.I save anywhere from 700 to 1000 USD and I _still_ have the hardware manufacturer's warranties. Built it on the kitchen floor in about two hours -- Its roughly like a low end server, dual PIII's, etc.
there's a very good reason why (according to your last sentence) "skillful and organized firm..."
it's called money. not to mention time, which equates into money when you need to hire skilled programmers.
Interesting how Mozilla 1.0 failed to correctly render the interview... I'll have to go back and check the page source. BTW, Andreesen is quite right, in business terms: the browser wars are over, and J. Random computer user really doesn't give a damn as long as it seems to work. Emphasis on the word "seems". _That_ is where the proprietary software vendors get away with all sorts of shades of gray.
Trolling seens to go both ways thes days (disgustingly so) but it's interesting to note how many MS security vulnerabilities are discovered without even having the code at hand. As far as trolling goes, it seems useful for swaying the opinions of bean-counters and such. BTW, the NSA's SELINUX rocks!!!
http://www.nsa.gov/selinux
Slashdot Mirror
Has anybody thought to see what response the Mesa3D team has? I'm going to leave /. for a few minutes just to find out...
er, your former boss's mail @ interceptor.com has a hell of a typo in the first paragraph. The (presumably) actual site at codesta.com is still not availabel at 19:12 EST. Anyplace else I should look? The Google mirror was funny, but once was enough. Thx
Handy little trick for dealing with all that here:
straight HTML in lynx; if it flies there, it's probably good anywhere. Then I take a look at the same page in moz, netscape, IE, _and_ opera. 9 out of 10 times, it's good.
Have you been reading Ayn Rand? Good choice, BTW...
Hah! I hope these guys just happen to have tickets to the LinuxWorld Expo. That wouls be a great place for a demo....
Besides the obvious, I mean. Since when is Distributed DNS random?
Cool idea, I'm wondering what other uses there might be for this. I do have one question though: how random is the randomness? Will there be some applied chaos theory at work (such as strange attractors)? How do you decide upon the point where the approach to pure randomness (starting from a non-random beginning) is too expensive in network terms?
I just bailed out of this thread when I realized with horror that it was all devolving towards the "lowest common denominator"... what if we applied these attitudes towards other social phenomena?
I hear of people at my isp who crash their web tv in one week.
And I had to explain to my Mom that there _is_ no needle in her cd player.
And I'm not comfortable with the tech of a generation younger than me.
And you know what? That's ok; it's probably a natural phenomenon of just being human. [fsvo human]
But then, it's Friday so I feel generous.
Seriously tho -- you'd be amazed at how much politics and corruption is involved in the American energy scene. Example: There are 2 large hydro plants less than 50 km from me, yet I pay 22% more for my electric than my sister (in another state), where she is required to get her electric from an atomic plant aprox. 600 km distant. Trust me, it's not the average working class who is inefficient here; they simply can't afford it. Rather, it's the wealthy (including corporations) or those with political influence. For what it's worth, I drive a very efficient Suzuki which I can barely afford. Also please bear in mind that most of the US seems to view California as an aberration, a strange thing. I can say this from experience; I've either traveled or lived in approximately 38 states, and all seem to think California is strange.
I still maintain that it was a _huge_ mistake for us to write off the funds from the "Marshall Plan"
true, there is much waste; and I spend a fair amount of energy complaining about our tax structure, etc. However, I also realize that _somebody_ has to pay for it all, and for what it's worth I've been on both sides of all that, especially regarding health care and gov't services. Short conclusion: My healthcare is not a public service, I pay for it and what I say about it is the final word as far as that goes. IMO the vast majority of the wastage is caused by our gov't, since I tried their services once too. BTW I'm American of German descent, and I don't buy any sorts of superiority. Different, yes. Superior, no. HOWEVER -- I also don't need "papers" to do a damn thing, except possibly to buy a house and a car. A suzuki car at that.
regarding the statement that "money is power." perhaps more so in the US than anywhere; I don't know.
regarding power per se: only because people give it (the instrument of power) any distinction or notice whatsoever
Nietzsche: "How can I help it that power likes to walk on crooked legs?"
shouldn't there be a corresponding .fud communications protocol to enhance the .net framework? hmmmm... I need to check up on the latest RFC's. (http://www.ietf.org)
Thx for the link...
Wow, maybe I'm a bit cynical, or maybe it's really troll time for me. Whatever. I'm at the point of simply throwing up my (virtual) hands at this sort of crap. Ask yourself this: In the last 5 years, how many tech-oriented businesses have tanked because technical decisions were made by the decidedly non-technical? Perhaps this is the real heart of the problem: a simple culture clash. It's perhaps time for senior manglement to learn when to really listen. My stock response nowadays is to simply give them whatever they really wanted to begin with, regardless of the suckiness of it. After all, the customer is always right, no? Guaranteed, I've never gotten a single negative response from this approach -- many people can't admit to themselves that they were asses, either. Instead, I simply shake and nod my head sympathetically, charge for a few more hours, and go about my business.
while I don't see anything inherently wrong here, it's just a simple matter of attitude for me: the value of personal privacy far outweighs the potential benefits of "anytime, anywhere" connectivity. That's really a personal decision, so as the article (correctly) points out, this may just be indicative of some large cultural differences.
isn't this the same sort of "bundling" activity that got MS into trouble in the first place wrt Netscape/IE? It's not as pervasive on the front-end now (from the end-user's perspective), but it's all over the back-end... where the real money probably is. Not that I really give a crap either way -- I switched over to 100% OSS/Free software about 5 years ago, and I don't have any desire to actively trade in certain file formats. For that matter, I've only bought 2 music CD's since the format was first invented. Reason why? It didn't take long to realize what was going on in the industry, so I simply boycotted it altogether. I don't think I'm missing much either, judging by the crap on the car radio going into work this morning. The entire DVD thing was a real yawner for me; same shit, different day. When will the content owners actually take responsibility for enforcing their ownership, instead of foisting their problems (such as really antiquated business models) upon the IT industry and its users? For that matter, perhaps some of the IT industry has equally antiquated business models. Bah.
correct me if I'm wrong, but perhaps they _do_ own shit written under the win32 API, since they own both the API and win32 itself?
Regarding human nature:
"Many a man has also cast off his final worth when he cast off the chains of his bondage."
Frederich Nietzsche, "Also Sprach Zarathustra".
Also, (quote)
"Freedom is the province of the strong."
Frederich Nietzsche, "Beyond Good and Evil"
just my beliefs, personally. I don't even care if you flame me for it - it's not really going to change a thing.
Maybe they're just using a BSD-type core, ala osX. Not that I actually read the article -- I don't need another ulcer. Besides, unauthorized programs don't run on my Linux box, either, and I don't worry about my freedoms in that regard. If you check closely enough, the Joe Average (read: the other 99%) doesn't really give a hoot anyway as long as all they have to do is plug it in and it seems to work. Notice the word "seems" in the previous statement. Just my observation here: Joe average so often doesn't know or care when it _doesn't_ work, because "It's just so Haaarrd to learn all that...". Perhaps this is the ultimate sign of a commoditized market (not that I agree with the cattle-like will to stupidity). Just my opinion, etc.
yeah you're reading this post courtesy of my white box.I save anywhere from 700 to 1000 USD and I _still_ have the hardware manufacturer's warranties. Built it on the kitchen floor in about two hours -- Its roughly like a low end server, dual PIII's, etc.
there's a very good reason why (according to your last sentence) "skillful and organized firm..." it's called money. not to mention time, which equates into money when you need to hire skilled programmers.
Interesting how Mozilla 1.0 failed to correctly render the interview... I'll have to go back and check the page source. BTW, Andreesen is quite right, in business terms: the browser wars are over, and J. Random computer user really doesn't give a damn as long as it seems to work. Emphasis on the word "seems". _That_ is where the proprietary software vendors get away with all sorts of shades of gray.
Trolling seens to go both ways thes days (disgustingly so) but it's interesting to note how many MS security vulnerabilities are discovered without even having the code at hand. As far as trolling goes, it seems useful for swaying the opinions of bean-counters and such. BTW, the NSA's SELINUX rocks!!! http://www.nsa.gov/selinux