You are correct. eBay has the right to choose whether or not they grant the Scientology organization carte blanche over their database. And any conscientious user should recognize that eBay made the wrong choice. Anyone that gets in bed with Scientology does not deserve a dime of my business.
My eBay account is closed and I sent a nastygram. I don't need used Man or Astro-man 7-inches badly enough to get in bed with Scientology. Why is yours still open?
I've made something of a game out of it, actually. With careful tactics, one can easily hit as much as 1.0 MiB/s upstream for short periods. I use Deluge to play. My present record is 2.4 MiB/s, on an Ubuntu 7.10 torrent for which I already had all the file data.
First, configure your torrent client to use a modest number of connections -- limit it to, say, 250 connections globally and 70% of your nominal upstream speed. Then, get on a very large, active torrent and build up a few minutes' worth of downloaded data. Once you're in the swarm, open everything wide up -- no global connection limit, no bandwidth cap, and no per-torrent upload slot limit. If your client has a bandwidth chart, watch it scroll by and enjoy the thrill as your upstream bandwidth surges to heights like you have never seen before. Of course, eventually the Power Boost will wear off and some connections will finish as their pieces are completely transferred, but it's fun while it lasts.
Oh, you make a good point. I always wondered what people were talking about when they went on and on about Firefox consuming tons of memory because I would look at mine and it would never look even remotely like what people were describing. Of course, it all makes sense now -- less crappy unnecessary javascript running, fewer memory leaks. I can't imagine web browsing without manually whitelisting scripts either.
I agree -- a properly written web application should work in any browser that implements the spec. Of course, the history of the web has been very different.
It's different because close to one in four people on the web use Firefox, but not even one in four KDE users use Konqueror. Back when Mozilla was just a faint trace at the bottom of the browser stats this would have been neither surprising nor particularly suspicious.
More to the point, an engineer has a degree from an accredited engineering program and has passed the exams and other professional requirements for an engineering license. The word has been diluted mostly by people who not only have insufficient technical understanding to practice in the fields to which it is applied, but even to distinguish those fields from other technical fields.
Really? Cool! I've been trying to get that useless copper scrap ripped out and recycled for years -- and you say all I have to do is sign up for FIOS and they'll haul all that POTS junk away?
Your history is not quite right. You may be thinking of the AFM. The RIAA -- if you can believe it -- was originally formed as an oversight body for standardized equalization curves for record mastering. Prior to the RIAA curve, different labels used different EQ curves, which were of course most compatible only with record players made by those companies or their affiliates. The RIAA actually grew out of a successful attempt to make music recordings portable from one manufacturer's players to another!! It is depressing and backwards that their recent history has been one of fighting that same principle of portability with every tool at their disposal.
Smart people who want to implement independent Ipod management tools most certainly touch Itunes. In fact, they generally not only touch it, but grope around inside it with a debugger to find out what it is doing.
It's inevitable that a ticket will fall through the cracks once in a while. My first reaction was "Wow, impressive. They retain trouble ticket data for 10+ years."
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You are correct. eBay has the right to choose whether or not they grant the Scientology organization carte blanche over their database. And any conscientious user should recognize that eBay made the wrong choice. Anyone that gets in bed with Scientology does not deserve a dime of my business.
My eBay account is closed and I sent a nastygram. I don't need used Man or Astro-man 7-inches badly enough to get in bed with Scientology. Why is yours still open?
Hey man, I use Linux -- this is one of my favorite computer games.
I've made something of a game out of it, actually. With careful tactics, one can easily hit as much as 1.0 MiB/s upstream for short periods. I use Deluge to play. My present record is 2.4 MiB/s, on an Ubuntu 7.10 torrent for which I already had all the file data.
First, configure your torrent client to use a modest number of connections -- limit it to, say, 250 connections globally and 70% of your nominal upstream speed. Then, get on a very large, active torrent and build up a few minutes' worth of downloaded data. Once you're in the swarm, open everything wide up -- no global connection limit, no bandwidth cap, and no per-torrent upload slot limit. If your client has a bandwidth chart, watch it scroll by and enjoy the thrill as your upstream bandwidth surges to heights like you have never seen before. Of course, eventually the Power Boost will wear off and some connections will finish as their pieces are completely transferred, but it's fun while it lasts.
I wonder if Man or Astro-man will come out of cryostasis to compose an ode to the new electron laser. Their song for the two-mile linear particle accelerator pretty much nailed it.
Adult-only is less specific than porn.
Eduganda?
Okay -- the inaccurate summary only makes the problem worse. Now it's Slashdot alone cocking the footgun.
Maybe I am just evil, but I would not have posted this if I worked for a site that generated a lot of revenue through banner ads.
GLADOS: the Gamma-ray Large Area Deep-sky Object Surveyor.
Just don't equip her with any neurotoxin emitters.
Oh, you make a good point. I always wondered what people were talking about when they went on and on about Firefox consuming tons of memory because I would look at mine and it would never look even remotely like what people were describing. Of course, it all makes sense now -- less crappy unnecessary javascript running, fewer memory leaks. I can't imagine web browsing without manually whitelisting scripts either.
I agree -- a properly written web application should work in any browser that implements the spec. Of course, the history of the web has been very different.
It's different because close to one in four people on the web use Firefox, but not even one in four KDE users use Konqueror. Back when Mozilla was just a faint trace at the bottom of the browser stats this would have been neither surprising nor particularly suspicious.
More to the point, an engineer has a degree from an accredited engineering program and has passed the exams and other professional requirements for an engineering license. The word has been diluted mostly by people who not only have insufficient technical understanding to practice in the fields to which it is applied, but even to distinguish those fields from other technical fields.
Every night I pray that Linux will be as attractive to the outside world as it was two years ago. Sometimes I even ask for three years.
holy hell man this is the ugliest theme i have ever seen. make it stop!!!
Really? Have you ever seen the rain?
I found $20 to be quite reasonable for Portal.
Really? Cool! I've been trying to get that useless copper scrap ripped out and recycled for years -- and you say all I have to do is sign up for FIOS and they'll haul all that POTS junk away?
Well, whatever. It's not like their throttling has affec@G#TG%2yv24*SA$FNO CARRIER
Your history is not quite right. You may be thinking of the AFM. The RIAA -- if you can believe it -- was originally formed as an oversight body for standardized equalization curves for record mastering. Prior to the RIAA curve, different labels used different EQ curves, which were of course most compatible only with record players made by those companies or their affiliates. The RIAA actually grew out of a successful attempt to make music recordings portable from one manufacturer's players to another!! It is depressing and backwards that their recent history has been one of fighting that same principle of portability with every tool at their disposal.
Smart people who want to implement independent Ipod management tools most certainly touch Itunes. In fact, they generally not only touch it, but grope around inside it with a debugger to find out what it is doing.
What the hell is a noise canceling microphone?
Sounds like Hasbro wants to have a Monopoly on word games.
It's inevitable that a ticket will fall through the cracks once in a while. My first reaction was "Wow, impressive. They retain trouble ticket data for 10+ years."