Google does this already, perhaps not with spiders, or in the way you described. But they do seek out and destroy sites that are caught faking keyword densities and other SEO tactics on crawl pages vs human pages.
Wow, what a big number. But even with all of those downloads the logs from our server shows that only 17% of visitors are actually using it. Over 80% are IE variants.
Congratulations Firefox, you've managed to get a boat load of people to download your browser, but somehow most people reject it after trying it.
Human mission to Mars would cost a stupid amount of money and the net benefit is hard to quantify. The US has a really big economic problem already and a program like this would be suicide. How can the US ever pay off its federal debts while maintaining a massive deficit budget? Spending on a glamorous mission to Mars will only compound a seemingly insurmountable problem.
The crash is coming, are you prepared? China is currently propping up the US dollar (buying it), and loaning the US billions of dollars, while continuing to create a larger trade deficit for the US.
Defense spending is aggravated by a costly excursion into Iraq that is likely to require another decade of occupation.
Housing bubble has already shown it is ready to burst, and the net loss in wealth for the average American will make it very difficult for anyone to plan a way to pay off their own credit card debts, let alone the trillions of dollars the US collectively owes the world bank...
So why does Google have a market cap of $146 billion? That's more than 100% of the market value. Some numbers must be wrong here... likely Microsoft's offer is too shallow. Or is Google over valued?
I guard my speakers notes. Shield them from everyone. Lame jokes, look even lamer when written down.
Not everyone suspects this, but I am a card-carrying lawyer.
Yup, I'm one of those people.
Being a member of the evil race, it seems natural to me...
This sort of thing takes practice and timing. And of course the option to abort; to skip the joke if the room isn't with you yet...
Anyway, I appreciate the gesture, speakers notes often have the best information.
Seriously, have you ever found yourself away from an Internet connection lately? I actually have a couple pocket references from years ago, but once the PHP manual and its user submitted comments hit the web, all manuals have adopted this technique, and we are all better off. Pocket references are soooooo 2002.
Anyone else disappointed that this wasn't about the Kathy Sierra "venom"? Protecting corporate identities is certainly important, but I was hoping for something else.
Is it just me?
Also, the comments about holding/. as a template for moderation... more boring nonsense. Stop feeding the troll.
Interesting take on the abuse argument. Valid. Although in my opinion the lack of abuse is evidence again of what it means to be Canadian, and that our public servants are doing a reasonable job. I mean the people on the front lines. CSIS types, RCMP, and others. They investigate, monitor and react with purpose. So far they are getting the job done, and don't need the "supper powers" that just expired.
The PM's posturing was disgusting. The Conservatives are not playing nice, and are doing a very good job beating up on the Liberals. But the Liberals deserve it, they need some time in the penalty box for the cronyism from Cretian and Martin. As long as Harper is stuck in a Minority we're okay.
The sunset clause kicked in and it has rightfully expired. But what amazes, and impresses, me most is that a number of MPs chose not to vote. Abstained. Their reasoning: The provisions have not been used, and thus can be argued to be not needed. But the conflicting position is that since they were not used, they were not abused. The environment that existed to warrant the creation of these provisions has not gone away, and since we have not abused the provisions, then we should keep them... just in case.
Both are sane positions, but I favor the one where civil rights are not taken away. A good day for all Canadians.
I wonder what the acceptable max latency could be for 2 way communications. We have become quite used to having near immediate mode communications, and computer networks are possibly dependant on it. At what duration in time does distributed computing fall down? What is the maximum time to live on a TCP packet?
I'll be keeping an eye on this to see how they address these sorts of issues. Also, does this not relate to RFC 1149? Certainly the latency issue is common.
Those of you stating that the problem is with the users are somewhat mistaken. At some point we as an industry are going to have to get more professional and stop blaming the users for all of the system problems. Let's take a new approach: include this requirement in your designs: A user may not understand the whole system, much in the way that you don't understand all the inner working of your automobile. A user of the system is not required nor expected to understand how it works.
Now, go forth and design systems that work, instead of blaming your design failure on the user.
I wonder if writing it yourself is a time saver. Some reuse is okay, IF you have intimate knowledge to the code in question... but finding code that "might" fit the current problem is risky as the Dev is unable to truly assess whether or not the code it appropriate. The undocumented bugs, or system assumptions, will lead to using code and then countless hours debugging problems you didn't expect. Now you are debugging code you didn't write, and likely taking more time understanding than it would have taken to build it yourself.
There is probably a point at which the system complexity of the resued code becomes great enough that the re-use is valuable. But how big, and how mature the reusable codebase, affects this decision.
The best thing you can do is never give out your information. Protect it like you're a secret agent. Protect it against torturous interrogation. Protect it to point of taking that suicide pill hidden as the third button on your shirt.
Always ask yourself why they need it, and do you trust them to secure your information.
In Canada right now their are two separatecredit card breaches under investigation. This isn't even a phishing thing, this is just plain old sloppy security.
I suspect that there are many other breaches that haven't been detected and or reported. So I strongly recommend that you refuse to give out personal information to these locations. Don't sign up for rewards cards, don't let them collect your address, and phone, and SSN, when you buy a t-shirt. They don't need it! And I don't trust them.
I'm having trouble visualizing what this may have looked like. The artist rendition is far too rectangular to be the way it actually was. Instead that diagram looks like the artist was trying to force it to resemble a modern wing.
I wonder if it might be better diagrammed with the bird using its legs in an "A" framed sort of way. Much like the V shaped stabilizers of the F117, only inverted. This would provide some lift, and stability in flight....
It's about time that the spell check feature become standard in all browsers. It boggles the mind that this has for a very long time been the main reason to get the Google toolbar, and the browser folks have not responded by including it in their package. With all this web 2.0 hype, and you being the person of the year, why is there no spell checker in the tool we use to create all that damned content?
Neither format matters any more. Physical media is going to become less and less important as our content is now being delivered over the wire (or wireless). I can't remember the last time I purchased a DVD, or a CD for that matter. I haven't been to a video rental outlet in more than a year, and I don't intend to do so in the future.
An HD TV set, with a PVR, and digital cable is serving me just fine. On Demand movies in HD 5.1 gets it done for me.
The only counter argument that nags in the back of my mind is that I borrowed the LOST first and second season DVDs from a friend, and truly enjoyed watching the series on DVD. No Commercials, and three episodes a night really move the plot along. I find it very difficult to stay interested in the show now that I am watching it on a weekly basis, when they happen to bless us with an episode. Too long between important events, and the hook is gone... So the DVDs of Complete seasons may be a better way to enjoy quality TV shows.
But, I suspect that it won't be long before the LOST series shows up on the On Demand service, just like the fine HBO content... and I can again enjoy three episodes in a sitting.
These are nice and all that. But the best gift this season, at least for me, is Ground School. Gaining my private pilots license is a dream, and the ground school part is a great way to begin. It's relatively cheap compared to the hours of flight time. And it allows for the dreamer (me) to decide quickly whether or not they have the commitment to the dream or not.
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Only a comment as well crafted as that one could draw a lurker like me. Well done!
Thanks for that. Don't know why, it's not that great a joke, but I still choked on my morning coffee. Nicely played!
Google does this already, perhaps not with spiders, or in the way you described. But they do seek out and destroy sites that are caught faking keyword densities and other SEO tactics on crawl pages vs human pages.
Congratulations Firefox, you've managed to get a boat load of people to download your browser, but somehow most people reject it after trying it.
Seriously, why does this rate as news? Bad hosting companies fold all the time. And keeping a backup is, and has always been, your responsibility.
I'll leave you with this simple piece of advice: Suck it up, Buttercup!
The crash is coming, are you prepared? China is currently propping up the US dollar (buying it), and loaning the US billions of dollars, while continuing to create a larger trade deficit for the US.
Defense spending is aggravated by a costly excursion into Iraq that is likely to require another decade of occupation.
Housing bubble has already shown it is ready to burst, and the net loss in wealth for the average American will make it very difficult for anyone to plan a way to pay off their own credit card debts, let alone the trillions of dollars the US collectively owes the world bank...
It's time to balance the federal budget.
then 100% = $132B
So why does Google have a market cap of $146 billion? That's more than 100% of the market value. Some numbers must be wrong here... likely Microsoft's offer is too shallow. Or is Google over valued?
Yup, I'm one of those people.
Being a member of the evil race, it seems natural to me...
This sort of thing takes practice and timing. And of course the option to abort; to skip the joke if the room isn't with you yet...
Anyway, I appreciate the gesture, speakers notes often have the best information.
Your point is valid.
Seriously, have you ever found yourself away from an Internet connection lately? I actually have a couple pocket references from years ago, but once the PHP manual and its user submitted comments hit the web, all manuals have adopted this technique, and we are all better off. Pocket references are soooooo 2002.
Is it just me?
Also, the comments about holding /. as a template for moderation... more boring nonsense. Stop feeding the troll.
The PM's posturing was disgusting. The Conservatives are not playing nice, and are doing a very good job beating up on the Liberals. But the Liberals deserve it, they need some time in the penalty box for the cronyism from Cretian and Martin. As long as Harper is stuck in a Minority we're okay.
Both are sane positions, but I favor the one where civil rights are not taken away. A good day for all Canadians.
I'll be keeping an eye on this to see how they address these sorts of issues. Also, does this not relate to RFC 1149? Certainly the latency issue is common.
But what if they are active in trying to be the Ad Tracker for these sites, so that Big Brother can monitor the population a little more effectively?
Google and NSA Goolge and NSA Google and NSA
Then perhaps, it is justified.
You know you all love to make you bullet lists swoop in from all angles! If you've got nothing to say, at least say it with style!
RSA login fobs have been around for many, many years, and I am not aware of a better system.
Now, go forth and design systems that work, instead of blaming your design failure on the user.
There is probably a point at which the system complexity of the resued code becomes great enough that the re-use is valuable. But how big, and how mature the reusable codebase, affects this decision.
Always ask yourself why they need it, and do you trust them to secure your information.
In Canada right now their are two separate credit card breaches under investigation. This isn't even a phishing thing, this is just plain old sloppy security.
I suspect that there are many other breaches that haven't been detected and or reported. So I strongly recommend that you refuse to give out personal information to these locations. Don't sign up for rewards cards, don't let them collect your address, and phone, and SSN, when you buy a t-shirt. They don't need it! And I don't trust them.
I wonder if it might be better diagrammed with the bird using its legs in an "A" framed sort of way. Much like the V shaped stabilizers of the F117, only inverted. This would provide some lift, and stability in flight....
Well done Seamonkey!
Vista is fantastic!
An HD TV set, with a PVR, and digital cable is serving me just fine. On Demand movies in HD 5.1 gets it done for me.
The only counter argument that nags in the back of my mind is that I borrowed the LOST first and second season DVDs from a friend, and truly enjoyed watching the series on DVD. No Commercials, and three episodes a night really move the plot along. I find it very difficult to stay interested in the show now that I am watching it on a weekly basis, when they happen to bless us with an episode. Too long between important events, and the hook is gone... So the DVDs of Complete seasons may be a better way to enjoy quality TV shows.
But, I suspect that it won't be long before the LOST series shows up on the On Demand service, just like the fine HBO content... and I can again enjoy three episodes in a sitting.
These are nice and all that. But the best gift this season, at least for me, is Ground School. Gaining my private pilots license is a dream, and the ground school part is a great way to begin. It's relatively cheap compared to the hours of flight time. And it allows for the dreamer (me) to decide quickly whether or not they have the commitment to the dream or not.