I work for a computer repair shop, and yes we do make a lot of our money by cleaning viruses and spyware off of systems. However, we also never let a system leave our shop without it having an AV program, Ad-Aware, Spybot and MS Anti-Spyware on it. We also explain to the customers how to use them.
The open source idea is good and whenever I work on a system I'll try to present customers with open source options.
Are there any detrimental side-effects to being shocked repeatedly? Obviously, I'm talking about ignoring any heart conditions. I could see that being a problem for people who like to play a LOT.
As for the faq question about creating a site cache, this would be quite different since it's not taking away from any adspace revenue based on the site because you would only be sharing a file that that site is distributing. People would still visit the site to read the information, but the bandwidth needs for a large file hosted on the site would be distributed.
An argument might be that if you give readers a direct link to the file, then they won't visit the site. However,/. already posts direct HTTP/FTP links in its stories. Also, people that only want the file are just going to read the replies anyway to look for a direct link or torrent.
After reading about 15 requests for a torrent, I got to thinking about the/. effect and bittorrent.
Wouldn't it be a decent idea to set up a torrents.slashdot.org and if possible, before releasing a story with a large 'attachment', set up a torrent for it?
Then again, I don't know how hard this would be logistically, considering that one must obtain a copy of the file ahead of time. However, IMHO I think it's worth a shot.
But I WILL be keeping at least one personal computer for the rest of my life. I don't care what new "application service" system they come up with. I like things to be mine, and I like to control them.
First of all, my opinion is that Congress should allow NASA much greater power and funds to assist them in space travel research. Considering all the worthless things they spend immense amounts of money on, there should be no problem funding a worth-while project.
Now, to get philosophical-ish...
It constantly amazes me at how it seems that noone in our government (or many others for that matter) seem to grasp the big picture. They concentrate on petty issues like power struggles and things that they shouldn't even be debating, such as gay marriage. They also spend a fair amount of their time overseeing and starting illegal international wars and conflicts. However, they never seem to be interested in science and the advancing of humanity. I believe that space is our largest frontier at the moment, and that we should spend at least a reasonable amount of our time trying to explore it. (By the way, explore does not mean conquer and control) Otherwise, we're just spending our time idly by, and quarreling with one another. We should start by thinking of ourselves as human beings and not Americans, but I suppose that's too much to ask of our country. Perhaps others will lead the way.
I'm not quite sure what this is supposed to prove. I refreshed the page a good 20 times at least, in 'Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041001 Firefox/0.10.1' and no crashing whatsoever. Could this be a Windows-only bug?
And also, about those NULL pointer references... the only ones I found were displayed in the JAVA CONSOLE and did nothing to affect the stability of the browser.
Pay-per-song music services are fairly useless at campuses that are running Internet2. They don't have any advantages whatsoever. They don't have a larger collection of music than i2hub and they can't possibly offer faster download speeds. (Internet2 generally gets a downstream of around 3 MegaBYTES/s. Plus, although it would be nice to legally own music, college students are inherently lacking in funds.
They're trying Cdigix at my campus right now, but I don't think anyone is using it. =\
The one thing I could never find feasible about this idea is the logistics of coordinating traffic. The amount of commercial and private aircraft in the air right now requires complex traffic monitoring. I can't imagine how bad things would get if there was a small aircraft for every car in the world.
After seeing this story I'm beginning to wonder if perhaps I've begun to feel the initial symptoms of this attack... or if my ISP is just shit. (Betting on the latter)
As of a day or so ago, my bandwidth went down the drain. 3Mbit cable line was throttled down to 500Kbit, with massive speed test fluctuations. Plus, playing anything on HL servers I get a choke of around 100, meaning my bandwidth is saturated.
Nice to see Microsoft taking a page from the good ol' Bush book of foreign relations and getting rid of those UN pussies.
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Did you read the article/site?
This isn't about Microsoft PowerPoint... It's about a NEW presentation software called OfficeFX. The _new_ video card is required because this new 3D software is extremely demanding.
I have a Uniden 2.4 GHz cordless phone from like a year or two ago. There's two problems with my D-Link DI-624 Wi-Fi router and it.
One, if I use the cordless phone anyway remotely in the same area of the house as the router, I get an audible rapid clicking. Also, I discovered that by turning the phone on, and placing it next to my wireless card, it drops the signal. AND then Intel's ProWireless software says an unknown device is trying to communicate with the card. Go figure... =p
Everything seems to work fine for me. I'm using Mozilla Firefox in Linux. I don't get the MS Windows/IE 6 requirements. Oh well.. whatever.. not like I've ever listened to system req's before...
Funny experience with one of my less computer literate friends.
Friend 1: "Yea.. so my new motherboard apparently has support for dual-channel DDR." Friend 2: "What about support for DDR2?" Friend 3: (has been listening intently with a blank look on his face) "They made a sequel to Dance Dance Revolution?! What does that have to do with your motherboard?" Friend 1: "...Yea.. they made a sequel...let's go with that..." (continues conversation)
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I was waiting for the inevitable grouping of software pirates with terrorists, and they did not disappoint me.
I work for a computer repair shop, and yes we do make a lot of our money by cleaning viruses and spyware off of systems. However, we also never let a system leave our shop without it having an AV program, Ad-Aware, Spybot and MS Anti-Spyware on it. We also explain to the customers how to use them.
The open source idea is good and whenever I work on a system I'll try to present customers with open source options.
Apparently, the stress of slashdotting on the Airscooter website was so bad that it caused them to reinstall Apache.
Are there any detrimental side-effects to being shocked repeatedly? Obviously, I'm talking about ignoring any heart conditions. I could see that being a problem for people who like to play a LOT.
As for the faq question about creating a site cache, this would be quite different since it's not taking away from any adspace revenue based on the site because you would only be sharing a file that that site is distributing. People would still visit the site to read the information, but the bandwidth needs for a large file hosted on the site would be distributed.
/. already posts direct HTTP/FTP links in its stories. Also, people that only want the file are just going to read the replies anyway to look for a direct link or torrent.
An argument might be that if you give readers a direct link to the file, then they won't visit the site. However,
After reading about 15 requests for a torrent, I got to thinking about the /. effect and bittorrent.
Wouldn't it be a decent idea to set up a torrents.slashdot.org and if possible, before releasing a story with a large 'attachment', set up a torrent for it?
Then again, I don't know how hard this would be logistically, considering that one must obtain a copy of the file ahead of time. However, IMHO I think it's worth a shot.
But I WILL be keeping at least one personal computer for the rest of my life. I don't care what new "application service" system they come up with. I like things to be mine, and I like to control them.
Notice I said "perhaps others will..." meaning that they currently do not.
First of all, my opinion is that Congress should allow NASA much greater power and funds to assist them in space travel research. Considering all the worthless things they spend immense amounts of money on, there should be no problem funding a worth-while project.
Now, to get philosophical-ish...
It constantly amazes me at how it seems that noone in our government (or many others for that matter) seem to grasp the big picture. They concentrate on petty issues like power struggles and things that they shouldn't even be debating, such as gay marriage. They also spend a fair amount of their time overseeing and starting illegal international wars and conflicts. However, they never seem to be interested in science and the advancing of humanity. I believe that space is our largest frontier at the moment, and that we should spend at least a reasonable amount of our time trying to explore it. (By the way, explore does not mean conquer and control) Otherwise, we're just spending our time idly by, and quarreling with one another. We should start by thinking of ourselves as human beings and not Americans, but I suppose that's too much to ask of our country. Perhaps others will lead the way.
I'm all for peace and very much against unnecessary wars ::cough::, but I'm sorry... Gundam's are awesome.... and I want one... =D
Ah the sound of webmasters and admins losing their jobs...
I'm not quite sure what this is supposed to prove. I refreshed the page a good 20 times at least, in 'Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041001 Firefox/0.10.1' and no crashing whatsoever. Could this be a Windows-only bug?
And also, about those NULL pointer references... the only ones I found were displayed in the JAVA CONSOLE and did nothing to affect the stability of the browser.
Yea seriously.. what IS next? A section for jokes or something?
Pay-per-song music services are fairly useless at campuses that are running Internet2. They don't have any advantages whatsoever. They don't have a larger collection of music than i2hub and they can't possibly offer faster download speeds. (Internet2 generally gets a downstream of around 3 MegaBYTES/s. Plus, although it would be nice to legally own music, college students are inherently lacking in funds.
They're trying Cdigix at my campus right now, but I don't think anyone is using it. =\
The one thing I could never find feasible about this idea is the logistics of coordinating traffic. The amount of commercial and private aircraft in the air right now requires complex traffic monitoring. I can't imagine how bad things would get if there was a small aircraft for every car in the world.
After seeing this story I'm beginning to wonder if perhaps I've begun to feel the initial symptoms of this attack... or if my ISP is just shit. (Betting on the latter)
As of a day or so ago, my bandwidth went down the drain. 3Mbit cable line was throttled down to 500Kbit, with massive speed test fluctuations. Plus, playing anything on HL servers I get a choke of around 100, meaning my bandwidth is saturated.
Anyone else having similar issues?
Btw.. it's sarcastic for those moderators without a sense of humor...
Nice to see Microsoft taking a page from the good ol' Bush book of foreign relations and getting rid of those UN pussies.
Did you read the article/site? This isn't about Microsoft PowerPoint... It's about a NEW presentation software called OfficeFX. The _new_ video card is required because this new 3D software is extremely demanding.
I have a Uniden 2.4 GHz cordless phone from like a year or two ago. There's two problems with my D-Link DI-624 Wi-Fi router and it. One, if I use the cordless phone anyway remotely in the same area of the house as the router, I get an audible rapid clicking. Also, I discovered that by turning the phone on, and placing it next to my wireless card, it drops the signal. AND then Intel's ProWireless software says an unknown device is trying to communicate with the card. Go figure... =p
Yep, complete with a Gamecube "receiver".
EDIT: Not anymore you aren't. (typed too quickly i suppose)
"I am sort of stuck with a working website but nowhere to go with it."
Not anymore you don't. Problem solved!
Everything seems to work fine for me. I'm using Mozilla Firefox in Linux. I don't get the MS Windows/IE 6 requirements. Oh well.. whatever.. not like I've ever listened to system req's before...
Funny experience with one of my less computer literate friends.
Friend 1: "Yea.. so my new motherboard apparently has support for dual-channel DDR."
Friend 2: "What about support for DDR2?"
Friend 3: (has been listening intently with a blank look on his face) "They made a sequel to Dance Dance Revolution?! What does that have to do with your motherboard?"
Friend 1: "...Yea.. they made a sequel...let's go with that..." (continues conversation)