What is to keep someone from starting an OpenIOS project? Software to run on a Cisco router. A couple years ago I actually registered openios.com/org (registering the domain, about as far as 90% of my projects get) thinking that surely this is possible, maybe now is the time for it to start? I don't have near the expertise to start a project such as this, but surely it is possible.
The feature I find myself using more and more on Google is its ability to search years worth of newsgroup postings. You can find a wealth of information on there which helps me solve 75% of the problems I run into as a network technician. It's actually made me pretty lazy. How is it that Google obtained this database (I remember news on it years back) and is it possible for other search engines to tap into the database? If not, then Google has it made in my opinion...
Why such a manual process to report a bad link? There are numerous tools available out there for tracking error responses from the web server access logs, why would you want to depend on a random user to report the error? You would get far less than helpful details from the majority of responses ("Uh that one link on that one page dun work") if anything at all. Automation is the key...
Mod parent up, he's right. The advertisers on the right side of the results, the top advertiser pays about $5/click for that top spot. The ones underneath pay between $5 and $.40 per click./.ers can do a LOT of damage if they go to these results every day and click on all of the advertisements. They key though is to go every day, because they've set "Daily Limits" that define the maximum they will spend per day on advertisements.
Very interesting and sure to be controversial study that suggests most/. editors don't read the papers they cite. This means that if one paper misreads a work the misreading propagates. It's a very interesting study and has big implications for geeks, in my opinion./. has a good overview of the work. Given that most attention to work has been in sloppy work on the experimental side (poor methadology or outright fraud) this suggests a whole other problem. A lot of the ultimate problem is that many in/. are concerned more about publishing than in solving the issues they investigate. Ideally the point both in science and in academics in general is to understand the ideas. Yet those of you who've looked up footnotes realize that actually engaging the ideas of other editors typically falls by the wayside. Often footnotes are there simply because references are needed. Engaging others works is secondary. I've always thought that the hard geeks were more immune to that effect than the humanities. I guess not."
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Napster was a tool for violating copyrights.
In the same way FTP clients are a tool for violating copyrights.
What is to keep someone from starting an OpenIOS project? Software to run on a Cisco router. A couple years ago I actually registered openios.com/org (registering the domain, about as far as 90% of my projects get) thinking that surely this is possible, maybe now is the time for it to start? I don't have near the expertise to start a project such as this, but surely it is possible.
"Why a spoon, cousin? Why not an axe, or a sword?"
"Because it's dull, you idiot - it'll hurt more."
Something vexes thee?
uh, I don't think so.
I'm not an expert but I hear that "apply-for-a-new-social-security-number" gig is a scam and illegal. You might want to check with a lawyer.
I don't think it would be nearly as complicated to check for duplicate posts...
Our tax-dollars hard at work...
The feature I find myself using more and more on Google is its ability to search years worth of newsgroup postings. You can find a wealth of information on there which helps me solve 75% of the problems I run into as a network technician. It's actually made me pretty lazy. How is it that Google obtained this database (I remember news on it years back) and is it possible for other search engines to tap into the database? If not, then Google has it made in my opinion...
Why such a manual process to report a bad link? There are numerous tools available out there for tracking error responses from the web server access logs, why would you want to depend on a random user to report the error? You would get far less than helpful details from the majority of responses ("Uh that one link on that one page dun work") if anything at all. Automation is the key...
Mod parent up, he's right. The advertisers on the right side of the results, the top advertiser pays about $5/click for that top spot. The ones underneath pay between $5 and $.40 per click. /.ers can do a LOT of damage if they go to these results every day and click on all of the advertisements. They key though is to go every day, because they've set "Daily Limits" that define the maximum they will spend per day on advertisements.
Very interesting and sure to be controversial study that suggests most /. editors don't read the papers they cite. This means that if one paper misreads a work the misreading propagates. It's a very interesting study and has big implications for geeks, in my opinion. /. has a good overview of the work. Given that most attention to work has been in sloppy work on the experimental side (poor methadology or outright fraud) this suggests a whole other problem. A lot of the ultimate problem is that many in /. are concerned more about publishing than in solving the issues they investigate. Ideally the point both in science and in academics in general is to understand the ideas. Yet those of you who've looked up footnotes realize that actually engaging the ideas of other editors typically falls by the wayside. Often footnotes are there simply because references are needed. Engaging others works is secondary. I've always thought that the hard geeks were more immune to that effect than the humanities. I guess not."
Let's hope this thing doesn't run WinCE/Win*, I doubt a BSOD would blend in with anything...