I'm assuming you're not a lawyer, nor do you play one on TV - oh wait, you're posting on/. - what was I thinking? Of course your argument is valid and you know more than everyone else does.
Sure. That would be more links in the chain, which means more places for the communication to breakdown. If one link goes, there goes your entire chain.
NASA's best use of probes would be to send out newer, better probes in different directions.
1) Figure out how you can hack into Lycos' criminal database and replace pictures of FBI Most Wanted criminals. 2) Advertise services to underworld. 3) ???? 4) Profit!
I play D&D with a good DM, who - makes us think - does not litter his landscape with magical trinkets - awards XPs on puzzle solving and battle avoidance - gives us well drawn maps, diagrams, and pictures to enhance the experience. - is funny. Above all, the quests are engaging. It's like I'm writing and living a book.
So when a grain buyer came to Polifka and asked him to design a portable machine to mill grain, Polifka started tinkering around in his workshop on the farm. He has a high school diploma and a certificate from diesel engine school, but he's been dreaming up machines for most of his life. Over the years, he's invented everything from an industrial-strength mulcher to a vehicle to carry implements around the farm.
Even so, it took him 15 years to make a tornado in a can that he was satisfied with. And though physicists and engineers are at a loss as to how exactly it works, he's happy to explain how he made it.
It sounds like this guy is about as far removed from shedules and deadlines as anyone I have ever seen....
Maybe it has something to do with:
- It's hard to do (have you seen the process involved in making vinyl?)
- It's an analog medium (perhaps you've heard of it - it's not the same as digital)
What would be cheaper and more effective would be printing out reams of paper in a format like the bar code, then saving that.
I know it sounds like a stupid question, but why are you backing up data? What are you trying to solve
Short term failure
A luser makes a mistake, or there's a glitch in last night's source code library, and all your current data is foobarred. In scant minutes, you can restore lost data from overnight backups, (or even hourly incrementals), and you are the hero. Realistically, you're just doing your job, and you'll never get thanked for it.
Complete Failure
In the event of a building fire/server room flood/earthquake/Act Of Dog, then you may need to retrieve all your companies data from as near back as possible. This backup should be off-site, and as frequent as feasibly possible
Long Term storage
This is for archiving of a project, etc, and should be off-site. Also for archiving source code in case your company goes belly-up, so that customers can still use and modify your software (in escrow).
Ask yourself which scenario you are dealing with, then the answer as to which media is the one to use may be clearer.
You've got your Moderation, your Meta-Moderation, and now, Meta-Meta-Moderation - moderating the editors! (or EM, or EdMod, or M - I'm still working on the syntax)
I say that anyone and everyone should be able to let the editors know how they're doing.
Is it a truly good story? EdMod +1!
Don't think the story is newsworthy? EdMod -1!
Don't think the story is nerdworthy? EdMod -1!
Is it a repost? EdMod -1!
A link is broken? EdMod -1!
Spelling misteakes? EdMod -1!
Haven't had any caffeine yet? EdMod -1!
Weren't able to post a frist post in time? EdMod -1!
Artice was posted by [editor you hate]? EdMod -1!
Of course, all results will be >/dev/null, so this will in no way affect their ability to post more inane stories, misspel wurdz, or re-post previous stories, but damn, it would feel good!
"Ye can Mod me doon, but ye cannae take awey me Karma!" Wait, actually, you can...
If you read the article (and a previous article on/.), you would know:
- he has spoken against ICAAN before. It's not like he's "finally" speaking out.
- his car was stopped by the police when he was younger, which made him decide to get a law degree so he would know his rights. He does not practice law, but he could if he wanted to.
...The way I interpret it, you cannot legally access the same data. Pressplay has put data on the drive that you probably would get from the 'net, so it's saving you time (and maybe bandwidth charges, depending on your ISP). If you were to get it from the 'net, it would be illegal (using p2p).
The way I interpret it (IANAL), they've broken the law.
Point of Singularity
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Prey
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· Score: 4, Interesting
The best thing about the review was the link to this article by Vernard Vinge entitled Technological Singularity (1993). Michael Chriton may have read this article for inspiration on his book, or perhaps Vinge's book, Marooned In Realtime (1986).
The article talks about a "Singularity" in humankind's development, an event where man develops a machine that will outhink him. This leads to an acceleration, a new evolution, an exponential runaway beyond any hope of control.
The author explains why this will occur, how, and when; between 2005 and 2030. He also gets into ramifications of a post-Singularity world, and the paths that may lead us there, along with some pros and cons of each choice.
There are references to some works of science fiction (though none from Chriton), and a passing reference to the possibility of engendering a set of laws in the machines. Surprisingly, Asimov's Laws Of Robotics was not metioned.
His final quote is taken from Freeman Dyson:
"God is what mind becomes when it has passed beyond the scale of our comprehension."
This asks the question - when Man changes, will our God change as well?
Geez, if you feel that strongly, maybe you shouldn't post under AC.
Also, did you ever think that it's the editors who are too lazy to do their own research?
CmdrTaco: Did you see the latest bill for our website - aack! We've got to stop posting such big stories, or else we're going to have to find another provider. michael: Why don't we ask the/. readers where the best deal is? timothy: They've been pretty pissed at us lately - have you seen the comments? michael & CmdrTaco: No. timothy: Why don't we pretend it's from another person, then... CmdrTaco: Great! It's so crazy, it just might work!
To those of you who actually read the paper and didn't respond in a knee-jerk fashion, I thamk you. For you others - may your Karma be infested by the fleas of a thousand camels!
The paper was meaty, but made its points well. Early on, the authors touched on the difference between the two user communities - the average user and the developer. Sorry for belaboring the point, but that's the problem with the OSS user interfaces - they're not designed to be used by te average user.
My opinion is that the best solution to actually selling OSS software to real users (the 'other' 99%), is to wrap it in a functional GUI that users can use, usefully. If I were Microsoft, that's what I'd be afraid of.
As an aside - there was a good feel of humour to the paper:
The stereotypes of low hacker social skills are not to be taken as gospel, but the sustaining of distributed multidisciplinary design teams is not trivial.
Mastery of such a product is difficult and so legitimates membership of an elite who can then distinguish itself from so-called 'lusers' (Raymond and Steele, 1991, p. 364)
Eric S. Raymond and Guy L. Steele, 1991. The New Hacker's Dictionary. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
For any of you writing a paper (not an article as the story says), you can actually refer to 'lusers' and sound learned.
Slashdot Mirror
Actually, it did have a good half-life.
so, how do they look???
With their eyes?
how good do the ents look?
All depends on what you find sexy in an Ent. I'm a trunk man, myself...
so, how do they look???
Like...Ents.
I'm assuming you're not a lawyer, nor do you play one on TV - oh wait, you're posting on /. - what was I thinking? Of course your argument is valid and you know more than everyone else does.
Silly me.
Yeah. And "They" can argue (and are doing so) that publishing the map:
/.)
- violates someone's privacy
- endagers someone's safety
Then again:
IANAL + YANAL = pointless arguing that solves nothing.
(Kinda like
Sure. That would be more links in the chain, which means more places for the communication to breakdown. If one link goes, there goes your entire chain.
NASA's best use of probes would be to send out newer, better probes in different directions.
1) Figure out how you can hack into Lycos' criminal database and replace pictures of FBI Most Wanted criminals.
2) Advertise services to underworld.
3) ????
4) Profit!
I play D&D with a good DM, who
- makes us think
- does not litter his landscape with magical trinkets
- awards XPs on puzzle solving and battle avoidance
- gives us well drawn maps, diagrams, and pictures to enhance the experience.
- is funny.
Above all, the quests are engaging. It's like I'm writing and living a book.
So when a grain buyer came to Polifka and asked him to design a portable machine to mill grain, Polifka started tinkering around in his workshop on the farm. He has a high school diploma and a certificate from diesel engine school, but he's been dreaming up machines for most of his life. Over the years, he's invented everything from an industrial-strength mulcher to a vehicle to carry implements around the farm.
Even so, it took him 15 years to make a tornado in a can that he was satisfied with. And though physicists and engineers are at a loss as to how exactly it works, he's happy to explain how he made it.
It sounds like this guy is about as far removed from shedules and deadlines as anyone I have ever seen....
Maybe it has something to do with:
- It's hard to do (have you seen the process involved in making vinyl?)
- It's an analog medium (perhaps you've heard of it - it's not the same as digital)
What would be cheaper and more effective would be printing out reams of paper in a format like the bar code, then saving that.
My ISP called saying I was using more bandwidth than "the average user". I replied "an average is made up of highs and lows, correct?
Yeah, and statistically speaking, the average user has one breast and one testicle, so what does that prove?
means "at the prompt, type
But then, I'm going going on the assumption that you know that - perhaps I should revise that.
I know it sounds like a stupid question, but why are you backing up data? What are you trying to solve
Short term failure
A luser makes a mistake, or there's a glitch in last night's source code library, and all your current data is foobarred. In scant minutes, you can restore lost data from overnight backups, (or even hourly incrementals), and you are the hero. Realistically, you're just doing your job, and you'll never get thanked for it.
Complete Failure
In the event of a building fire/server room flood/earthquake/Act Of Dog, then you may need to retrieve all your companies data from as near back as possible. This backup should be off-site, and as frequent as feasibly possible
Long Term storage
This is for archiving of a project, etc, and should be off-site. Also for archiving source code in case your company goes belly-up, so that customers can still use and modify your software (in escrow).
Ask yourself which scenario you are dealing with, then the answer as to which media is the one to use may be clearer.
- Kazaa still being used.
- Hell still hot.
You've got your Moderation, your Meta-Moderation, and now, Meta-Meta-Moderation - moderating the editors! (or EM, or EdMod, or M - I'm still working on the syntax)
/dev/null, so this will in no way affect their ability to post more inane stories, misspel wurdz, or re-post previous stories, but damn, it would feel good!
I say that anyone and everyone should be able to let the editors know how they're doing.
Is it a truly good story? EdMod +1!
Don't think the story is newsworthy? EdMod -1!
Don't think the story is nerdworthy? EdMod -1!
Is it a repost? EdMod -1!
A link is broken? EdMod -1!
Spelling misteakes? EdMod -1!
Haven't had any caffeine yet? EdMod -1!
Weren't able to post a frist post in time? EdMod -1!
Artice was posted by [editor you hate]? EdMod -1!
Of course, all results will be >
"Ye can Mod me doon, but ye cannae take awey me Karma!"
Wait, actually, you can...
It makes me wonder why an AnandTech article gave such a different opinion. Which one is right?
From page two...
Thank you. Loading the 2000 songs is a smart move on Pressplay's part, for the time/money issues I mentioned.
I'd mod you up if I could, (and me down), but I can't, so I won't.
It's a good thing IANAL - I'd suck!
If you read the article (and a previous article on /.), you would know:
- he has spoken against ICAAN before. It's not like he's "finally" speaking out.
- his car was stopped by the police when he was younger, which made him decide to get a law degree so he would know his rights. He does not practice law, but he could if he wanted to.
...The way I interpret it, you cannot legally access the same data. Pressplay has put data on the drive that you probably would get from the 'net, so it's saving you time (and maybe bandwidth charges, depending on your ISP). If you were to get it from the 'net, it would be illegal (using p2p).
The way I interpret it (IANAL), they've broken the law.
The article talks about a "Singularity" in humankind's development, an event where man develops a machine that will outhink him. This leads to an acceleration, a new evolution, an exponential runaway beyond any hope of control.
The author explains why this will occur, how, and when; between 2005 and 2030. He also gets into ramifications of a post-Singularity world, and the paths that may lead us there, along with some pros and cons of each choice.
There are references to some works of science fiction (though none from Chriton), and a passing reference to the possibility of engendering a set of laws in the machines. Surprisingly, Asimov's Laws Of Robotics was not metioned.
His final quote is taken from Freeman Dyson:
This asks the question - when Man changes, will our God change as well?
Geez, if you feel that strongly, maybe you shouldn't post under AC.
/. readers where the best deal is?
Also, did you ever think that it's the editors who are too lazy to do their own research?
CmdrTaco: Did you see the latest bill for our website - aack! We've got to stop posting such big stories, or else we're going to have to find another provider.
michael: Why don't we ask the
timothy: They've been pretty pissed at us lately - have you seen the comments?
michael & CmdrTaco: No.
timothy: Why don't we pretend it's from another person, then...
CmdrTaco: Great! It's so crazy, it just might work!
Hey bud, I'm not a bookie, I was just posting the line.
BTW - Even if you did make a bet, who would I make the cheque out to? M. Coward? Mrs. Coward?
The paper was meaty, but made its points well. Early on, the authors touched on the difference between the two user communities - the average user and the developer. Sorry for belaboring the point, but that's the problem with the OSS user interfaces - they're not designed to be used by te average user.
My opinion is that the best solution to actually selling OSS software to real users (the 'other' 99%), is to wrap it in a functional GUI that users can use, usefully. If I were Microsoft, that's what I'd be afraid of.
As an aside - there was a good feel of humour to the paper:
Mastery of such a product is difficult and so legitimates membership of an elite who can then distinguish itself from so-called 'lusers' (Raymond and Steele, 1991, p. 364)
Eric S. Raymond and Guy L. Steele, 1991. The New Hacker's Dictionary. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
For any of you writing a paper (not an article as the story says), you can actually refer to 'lusers' and sound learned.