Many of the comments above state that having private data on the blackberry is simply a big mistake. I disagree.
I believe that for some situations, it is required to have private data on the blackberry. For instance, if my job is to go around fixing deployed hardware/software to different job sites (often without the internet or cell connectivity), I need to use the RIM as a data/password repository for applications/devices.
I do not see any other device being as handy and secure as the blackberry for this job: Paper: Can easily be stolen, does not automatically update Remote login via other people's machines (e.g. ssh): Not always possible, and other people might have keyboard loggers. Laptop: Too bulky. Also easy to steal. Cannot update as easily as the RIM can.
So if RIM comes out with a way to notify someoe that they no longer have the RIM on them, and also someway to remotely destroy data, I would be happy.
Yes, I realize someone is probably going to reply with: How come you cannot just put a password on it? Well, I cannot trust my data with a single password, especially when someone has physical access to the device that has the data on it.
As the article states, risk is a big factor, but it is not the only reason/excuse.
More reasons/excuses: - No one from the company really cares about the final product.
- Developers either want the perfect design or just want to get the job done good enough.
- Upper management just want features to stay ahead of their competitors.
- QA/testers can yell all they want, but they eventually give up because no one really listens to them.
- Project managers just want their track record to stay good.
- Call center/support people have no idea what new products are coming, and they do not want to deal with anyone else.
So, companies just throw out whatever product they have. Therefore: assume nothing good about software/hardware packages (and that goes for medical and financial products as well!). - No company wants to spend money on bug fixes that get no quick return on their buck. - Bug fixes to the final product involve getting almost every party in the company to a particular bug fix. I have spent 1 minute writing the code to fix a bug, and about 4 months in work time (over the course of a year and a half) trying to push this fix through. The result was that some previously unknown vendor stopped the change because they thought the risk to their small one-and-only product was too great.
>> Linus wants to push the manual use of zero-copy memory sharing >> through the vmsplice() routine. He believes that the programmer >> will always know better than the system when to share memory. > > That's correct.
No, that is not always correct.
I am a C developer for a large multinational corporation that likes to make money. When I need to fork(), I do not have the time to think of all the memory management invovled with fork(). I just want it to be done reliably, and I want it to be done fast.
If it turns out that my code runs 10% faster on FreeBSD than on Linux, than that means that the code is probably going to go on a FreeBSD system. And if FreeBSD is not an option, than I am not going to do the optimization (because CPUs cost less than my wages). Also: optimization never happens anyways (or at least, not properly).
So from my perspective: I want the kernel to run my code as fast as possible by default.
You should have not posted that iClod link. If you would have read their site agreement, you would have noticed the Do-Not-Slashdot ACT. Below is a quote for the punishment: "Those who did not act swiftly or simply ignored the effectiveness of The Do-Not-Slashdot ACT had suffered the consequences of burnt-down server rooms and employment termination, just to name a few."
I should probably mention that the following sites are bad ideas because they make the ACT void (if anyone actually used them): Corel or Mirrordot.
Advantages: - Lasts for thousands of years - Pretty much fire proof - Nuclear proof ( unless they are in an area that gets over a few thousand degrees) - Resistant to scratches - Always readable - Still very common - Analog medium, which may mean a lot better resolution - Cheap. Compared with DVDs, it is still dirt cheap.
Disadvantages: - Analog medium, which sometimes means worse resolution - As a small customer, you will need to get someone else to do it. - Restoring images takes time, and unless you buy a lot of equipment, involves physical access to the backup copies. However, machines are getting cheap as companies are trying to get rid of most (but not all!) of there microfiche machines.
Below are a list of the statements scientists had to respond to. Below each is how it applies to Microsoft.
Changing a study under pressure from a funding source
In studies such as this one, you can see that the study was aimed to please Microsoft.
Dropping data from analysis
I find it humourous when companies show off that they can handle millions of transactions per second with their Windows servers, but go down once or twice a week do to patches and virii. Amount of downtime needs to be included in the result dataset.
Overlooking others' use of flawed or questionably interpreted data
If Windows Server 2003's Samba is faster than samba.org's, than why is Windows not questioning samba.org's previous performance tests?
Withholding details of methodology or results
After may hours of searching, I still have not seen a "Materials", "Methods", "Results", "Discussion" sections. Could someone please give me a URL?
Circumventing minor rules protecting human subjects
Cases in point: millions of virii out there, yet hardly any for linux and bsd systems.
Failing to present data that contradicts one's own previous research
Looking at the data given from the above URL, I see that Microsoft never repeated the experiment, nor any of the other trials. I have repeated it, and I have got much different results. So this leads me to believe that some of their data must be getting ignored, although they need to give out more information before I can point out exact reasons why the linux box in their case was unusally slow. (Hint to people repeating this study: when installing samba.org, try using the -O2 or better when compiling!)
Unauthorized use of confidential information
MSN has a privacy legal notice that is quite long, and I believe selling my email addresses is no where in there. However, my msn_spam_target mailbox on my server is my biggest mailbox.
Using another's ideas without permission or giving credit
They used BSD code for Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT 3.1 & 4.0 without obeying the "If you advertise your product, you must mention that you used BSD code." part in the BSD licence. (Note: BSD removed this clause because no one was obeying it anyways).
Questionable relationships with students, subjects, or clients
They have that questionable relationship with Thailand
Not properly disclosing involvement with firms whose products are based on one's own research
Case in point: the last ad campaign
Ignoring major rules protecting human subjects
Case in point: Slammer virus
Falsifying reseach data
I would state that Microsoft has manipulated data, but they only seem to copy their government
A BSD kernel programmer and I agreed on this ratio quite a few years back:
1 Hardcore hardware guy (designing CPUs and other advanced stuff) for every 10 Softcore hardware guys (designing the small stuff) for every 10 Hardcore kernel/driver guys (your Linus') for every 100 Hardcore application guys (doing X, GNOME, KDE, Windows, etc) for every 1000 Softcore application guys (doing OpenOffice, MS Office, PhotoShop, GIMP, etc.) for every 10000 little shareware application guys (doing BitTorrent, those little games like Bastard Tetris, plugins for IDEs) for every 100000 web programmers (doing myfirsthomepage.com).
The money is at the hardware side, but it is easier to get a degree and secure a low paying job at the web end. i am lazy, so i am at the web end, but i spend my free time with my BSD/Linux/Minux/LSD kernel hybrids.
That's right. Google cannot be evil in this circumstance because they would be disobeying the GFDL (GNU Free Documentation License). One of the first lines of this licence states: " Such a notice grants a world-wide, royalty-free license, unlimited in duration, to use that work under the conditions stated herein.". Doing what the article states would obviously be against it.
Also, this would probably not be profitable for Google since anyone could fork the material and offer it for free like wikipedia already has.
DejaNews was able to "sell" the Usenet stuff because it did not have any licenses attached to it. Fortunately, the people that founded Wikepedia are a bit smarter.
I have gotten into the habit of carrying several LiveCDs of different uses. I charge nothing because it takes almost no time to burn them. If someone bugs me several times for a CD because they are constantly careless with them, I politely request for a 25 pack or 50 pack of CD-Rs. These packs have become my source of CDs to give out.
I do admit that not everyone is converted, and the LiveCDs do not solve all of the worlds problems, but they generally make my life and more importantly the people who have all the problems' lives easier.
Also, users often temporarily use the liveCD, then just buy a new computer sometime later because "they needed it anyways."
I am so paranoid that I use lynx. I am even more paranoid that I use BSD. (Security is more important than speed, new developments, a friendly environment, etc.) The paranoia continues because I use BSD's jail to secure lynx.
My command to open lynx: '/usr/sbin/jail -U poor_england_guy/dev/null dummy233 192.168.2.233 "/usr/local/bin/lynx -disable_cookies -ssl-only -referrer='http://www.google.ca' -nocolor https://www.dec.org.uk/"'
So lets see: 1. You cannot save data about me because I disabled cookies. 2. You cannot see data that I receive or send because I use ssl. 3. You cannot use somekind of frame trick to send me to a site where I do not want to go. 4. You cannot use popups on me. Lynx does not exactly have any windows. 5. No frame tricks either. Lynx does not support frames. 6. If some hole is found in lynx, my automatic secure update (/usr/ports with freebsd) with fix it. It's secure and uses ssh2-like things, so it will take a few thousand/million years to get past that security. 7. Even a virus gets on the machine: a. I can just restart lynx. b. I boot off a CD. The filesystem is read-only. Really read-only. c. Virii are unheard of on bsd. d. I can switch to links or wget.
Conclusions: 1. I find it a good probability that this system admin saw the person's lynx setup (comparable to mine) and was extremely jealous. After a few minutes of being stuck on "hostname#", the system administrator just gave up and decided to sue this guy. This jealousy is similar to SCO's jealous of Linux.
2. Everyone should switch to a similar setup. I am sure everyone would enjoy the interface, and some would especially enjoy the ASCII pr0n.
Canada tends to be more open and ever so slightly less wasteful with our money.
For example, Environment Canada has tons of information available, including:
Please note that most of the time the above linked pages state "CDROM", there is a link near to an ISO! (e.g. the line For those with a high speed Internet connection a HYDAT CD-ROM image (105MB ZIP) is available for download.")
After all the horror stories of the slashdot effect ( google, wikepedia ), the slashdot has taken a turn around!
I have never heard of a flash mob doing anything that is clearly good, but running some good projects like the Human Proteome Folding Project ( FAQs).
It does not seem that DVD Jon has completely released his project yet, so if you are want to play WMVs in linux now, try using xine. Quote from the xine site: "...It also decodes multimedia files like AVI, MOV, WMV, and MP3 from local disk drives...". With the small collection of trailers and a few movies from lmule (it's like emule), I have not experienced one problem with xine.
What is POP, and how do I use it?
POP, or Post Office Protocol, lets you download messages from Gmail's servers onto your computer so you can access your mail with a program like Microsoft Outlook Express or Netscape Mail, even when you arent connected to the Internet.
* Over the next several weeks, we are introducing POP access to all of our users. To make sure the feature is fully stable, we're giving users access to POP in phases. Once POP access is available to you, a 'New Features!' link appears at the top of your account, along with a 'Forwarding and POP' tab on your 'Settings' page.
Learn more about accessing your Gmail messages with POP:
I have also noticed the feature to delete your account (go here if you are logged in), but it does not completely get rid of your cookies, which I am disapointed by.
For those who want an account and do not have one yet, just search for it, damn it!
The specification you should have been looking for is "response time." I think my flat panel's specifications say 15 ms, but it looks like a lot faster. I play games all the time on this thing (Counter-Strike, tuxracer, UT2004, GTA3), and the only problems I have are video card related (stupid ATI Radeon 7500 vs. GTA3 and all those fps cheats!)
LCD TVs and Response Time
Response time is basically the amount of time it takes for a liquid crystal cell to go from active (black) to inactive (white) and back to active (black) again. It is measured in milliseconds or (ms). Lower numbers mean faster transitions (eg. 16 ms is faster than 25 ms.) and therefore less visible image artifacts.
LCD TV manufacturers have been steadily improving response times as the demand for fast moving full motion video has increased. A good response time starts at around 25-30 ms. Some newer model LCD TVs have response times as fast as 16 ms.
A few of my friends have returned/exchanged their dell products before, namely notebooks. Try calling their support line, be nice, and try to find a solution that would satisfy both you and Dell (which would probably be an exchange with a different model). I believe the number is 1-800-WWW-DELL.
Also: please copy and paste this post to every other person that has whined about slashdot, and has not donated money or clicked on ads!
I know I am offtopic, but mod me as you wish! Mod up if you want ppl to know these other sites (and possibly slashdot the slashdot), or mod me down if you do not want this information to get out!
Also: I have no information on why the site has been going 503. All I know is from Netcraft
Also: please copy and paste this post to every other person that has whined about slashdot, and has not donated money or clicked on ads!
I know I am offtopic, but mod me as you wish! Mod up if you want ppl to know these other sites (and possibly slashdot the slashdot), or mod me down if you do not want this information to get out!
I bought a Asus A7V333 motherboard over a year ago for $100 (Canadian!). It can do a 4 drive raid, which will only get 1 terabyte. However, added with another couple of systems via some creative mounting (a big thank you to whoever wrote that part of the POSIX standard!), you can create it as large as you want. Simply put these multiple machine together via a 1 gb or 100 mb network, and mount away.
Price per system (in Canadian $):
Case: $40
Motherboard: $50
Cheap video card: $30
4 250 GB IDE Hard drives: $750
Network stuff: $10 (for 10 mb) $40 (for 1 GB)
Total: $880 per TB (Canadian $!)
Therefore you could have two 4 TB sites (with an extra 1 TB for parity) for only $8800. I would not mind 10 TB.
If you got an extra few TB, let me know please. Thanks!
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caches:
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Please note these links are not very thorough, but the site is not either.
Please also note the "@ Safrax: HI SLASHDOT" and "@ Poo Poo Head: Slashdot can suck my ******" on the right panel.
Just what i need: another reason to not create document. Now i can write all the horrid code i want with: 1. no documentation 2. horrid code (e.g. http://www.joe-ks.com/archives_jan2004/Obfuscation.htm , http://www.wurb.com/if/award/21 , http://funnies.paco.to/CReadme.html ) 3. no design 4. more time to write more code
Finally, i can write another small plugin for emacs, this time one for taking over the world.
Unfortunately, it seems @NETI does not quite do real-time, but others, like netcraft do do realtime (although netcraft only measures one server. Why doesn't someone just write a script to interpret netcraft results, using one of the many ip address locators?
Slashdot Mirror
Many of the comments above state that having private data on the blackberry is simply a big mistake. I disagree.
I believe that for some situations, it is required to have private data on the blackberry. For instance, if my job is to go around fixing deployed hardware/software to different job sites (often without the internet or cell connectivity), I need to use the RIM as a data/password repository for applications/devices.
I do not see any other device being as handy and secure as the blackberry for this job:
Paper: Can easily be stolen, does not automatically update
Remote login via other people's machines (e.g. ssh): Not always possible, and other people might have keyboard loggers.
Laptop: Too bulky. Also easy to steal. Cannot update as easily as the RIM can.
So if RIM comes out with a way to notify someoe that they no longer have the RIM on them, and also someway to remotely destroy data, I would be happy.
Yes, I realize someone is probably going to reply with: How come you cannot just put a password on it?
Well, I cannot trust my data with a single password, especially when someone has physical access to the device that has the data on it.
-Really Paranoid guy.
(Really, check my history)
As the article states, risk is a big factor, but it is not the only reason/excuse.
More reasons/excuses:
- No one from the company really cares about the final product.
- Developers either want the perfect design or just want to get the job done good enough.
- Upper management just want features to stay ahead of their competitors.
- QA/testers can yell all they want, but they eventually give up because no one really listens to them.
- Project managers just want their track record to stay good.
- Call center/support people have no idea what new products are coming, and they do not want to deal with anyone else.
So, companies just throw out whatever product they have. Therefore: assume nothing good about software/hardware packages (and that goes for medical and financial products as well!).
- No company wants to spend money on bug fixes that get no quick return on their buck.
- Bug fixes to the final product involve getting almost every party in the company to a particular bug fix. I have spent 1 minute writing the code to fix a bug, and about 4 months in work time (over the course of a year and a half) trying to push this fix through. The result was that some previously unknown vendor stopped the change because they thought the risk to their small one-and-only product was too great.
>> Linus wants to push the manual use of zero-copy memory sharing
>> through the vmsplice() routine. He believes that the programmer
>> will always know better than the system when to share memory.
>
> That's correct.
No, that is not always correct.
I am a C developer for a large multinational corporation that likes to make money. When I need to fork(), I do not have the time to think of all the memory management invovled with fork(). I just want it to be done reliably, and I want it to be done fast.
If it turns out that my code runs 10% faster on FreeBSD than on Linux, than that means that the code is probably going to go on a FreeBSD system. And if FreeBSD is not an option, than I am not going to do the optimization (because CPUs cost less than my wages).
Also: optimization never happens anyways (or at least, not properly).
So from my perspective:
I want the kernel to run my code as fast as possible by default.
You should have not posted that iClod link. If you would have read their site agreement, you would have noticed the Do-Not-Slashdot ACT. Below is a quote for the punishment:
"Those who did not act swiftly or simply ignored the effectiveness of The Do-Not-Slashdot ACT had suffered the consequences of burnt-down server rooms and employment termination, just to name a few."
I should probably mention that the following sites are bad ideas because they make the ACT void (if anyone actually used them): Corel or Mirrordot.
I am surprise that no one mentioned microfiche.
Advantages:
- Lasts for thousands of years
- Pretty much fire proof
- Nuclear proof ( unless they are in an area that gets over a few thousand degrees)
- Resistant to scratches
- Always readable
- Still very common
- Analog medium, which may mean a lot better resolution
- Cheap. Compared with DVDs, it is still dirt cheap.
Disadvantages:
- Analog medium, which sometimes means worse resolution
- As a small customer, you will need to get someone else to do it.
- Restoring images takes time, and unless you buy a lot of equipment, involves physical access to the backup copies.
However, machines are getting cheap as companies are trying to get rid of most (but not all!) of there microfiche machines.
A BSD kernel programmer and I agreed on this ratio quite a few years back:
1 Hardcore hardware guy (designing CPUs and other advanced stuff)
for every
10 Softcore hardware guys (designing the small stuff)
for every
10 Hardcore kernel/driver guys (your Linus')
for every
100 Hardcore application guys (doing X, GNOME, KDE, Windows, etc)
for every
1000 Softcore application guys (doing OpenOffice, MS Office, PhotoShop, GIMP, etc.)
for every
10000 little shareware application guys (doing BitTorrent, those little games like Bastard Tetris, plugins for IDEs)
for every
100000 web programmers (doing myfirsthomepage.com).
The money is at the hardware side, but it is easier to get a degree and secure a low paying job at the web end.
i am lazy, so i am at the web end, but i spend my free time with my BSD/Linux/Minux/LSD kernel hybrids.
That's right. Google cannot be evil in this circumstance because they would be disobeying the GFDL (GNU Free Documentation License). One of the first lines of this licence states: " Such a notice grants a world-wide, royalty-free license, unlimited in duration, to use that work under the conditions stated herein.". Doing what the article states would obviously be against it.
Also, this would probably not be profitable for Google since anyone could fork the material and offer it for free like wikipedia already has.
DejaNews was able to "sell" the Usenet stuff because it did not have any licenses attached to it. Fortunately, the people that founded Wikepedia are a bit smarter.
Ya for smart people.
I have gotten into the habit of carrying several LiveCDs of different uses. I charge nothing because it takes almost no time to burn them. If someone bugs me several times for a CD because they are constantly careless with them, I politely request for a 25 pack or 50 pack of CD-Rs. These packs have become my source of CDs to give out.
I do admit that not everyone is converted, and the LiveCDs do not solve all of the worlds problems, but they generally make my life and more importantly the people who have all the problems' lives easier.
Also, users often temporarily use the liveCD, then just buy a new computer sometime later because "they needed it anyways."
I am so paranoid that I use lynx.
/dev/null dummy233 192.168.2.233 "/usr/local/bin/lynx -disable_cookies -ssl-only -referrer='http://www.google.ca' -nocolor https://www.dec.org.uk/"'
I am even more paranoid that I use BSD. (Security is more important than speed, new developments, a friendly environment, etc.)
The paranoia continues because I use BSD's jail to secure lynx.
My command to open lynx:
'/usr/sbin/jail -U poor_england_guy
So lets see:
1. You cannot save data about me because I disabled cookies.
2. You cannot see data that I receive or send because I use ssl.
3. You cannot use somekind of frame trick to send me to a site where I do not want to go.
4. You cannot use popups on me. Lynx does not exactly have any windows.
5. No frame tricks either. Lynx does not support frames.
6. If some hole is found in lynx, my automatic secure update (/usr/ports with freebsd) with fix it. It's secure and uses ssh2-like things, so it will take a few thousand/million years to get past that security.
7. Even a virus gets on the machine:
a. I can just restart lynx.
b. I boot off a CD. The filesystem is read-only. Really read-only.
c. Virii are unheard of on bsd.
d. I can switch to links or wget.
Conclusions:
1. I find it a good probability that this system admin saw the person's lynx setup (comparable to mine) and was extremely jealous. After a few minutes of being stuck on "hostname#", the system administrator just gave up and decided to sue this guy.
This jealousy is similar to SCO's jealous of Linux.
2. Everyone should switch to a similar setup. I am sure everyone would enjoy the interface, and some would especially enjoy the ASCII pr0n.
For example, Environment Canada has tons of information available, including:
Please note that most of the time the above linked pages state "CDROM", there is a link near to an ISO! (e.g. the line For those with a high speed Internet connection a HYDAT CD-ROM image (105MB ZIP) is available for download.")
After all the horror stories of the slashdot effect ( google, wikepedia ), the slashdot has taken a turn around! I have never heard of a flash mob doing anything that is clearly good, but running some good projects like the Human Proteome Folding Project ( FAQs).
It does not seem that DVD Jon has completely released his project yet, so if you are want to play WMVs in linux now, try using xine. Quote from the xine site: "...It also decodes multimedia files like AVI, MOV, WMV, and MP3 from local disk drives...". With the small collection of trailers and a few movies from lmule (it's like emule), I have not experienced one problem with xine.
For those who do not have a gmail account, and wish to see the announcement:
What's New page with the news. For those who just want a notifier: download here.
The text of the page:
I have also noticed the feature to delete your account (go here if you are logged in), but it does not completely get rid of your cookies, which I am disapointed by.
For those who want an account and do not have one yet, just search for it, damn it!
Ya for Google!
The specification you should have been looking for is "response time." I think my flat panel's specifications say 15 ms, but it looks like a lot faster. I play games all the time on this thing (Counter-Strike, tuxracer, UT2004, GTA3), and the only problems I have are video card related (stupid ATI Radeon 7500 vs. GTA3 and all those fps cheats!)
From the now defunct flat tv people (so go check-out the google cache):
LCD TVs and Response Time Response time is basically the amount of time it takes for a liquid crystal cell to go from active (black) to inactive (white) and back to active (black) again. It is measured in milliseconds or (ms). Lower numbers mean faster transitions (eg. 16 ms is faster than 25 ms.) and therefore less visible image artifacts. LCD TV manufacturers have been steadily improving response times as the demand for fast moving full motion video has increased. A good response time starts at around 25-30 ms. Some newer model LCD TVs have response times as fast as 16 ms.
A few of my friends have returned/exchanged their dell products before, namely notebooks. Try calling their support line, be nice, and try to find a solution that would satisfy both you and Dell (which would probably be an exchange with a different model). I believe the number is 1-800-WWW-DELL.
Netcraft has so graciously given, for all those 503 errors, please use one of the following:
Also: please copy and paste this post to every other person that has whined about slashdot, and has not donated money or clicked on ads!
I know I am offtopic, but mod me as you wish! Mod up if you want ppl to know these other sites (and possibly slashdot the slashdot), or mod me down if you do not want this information to get out!
Also: I have no information on why the site has been going 503. All I know is from Netcraft
Netcraft has so graciously given, for all those 503 errors, please use one of the following:
Also: please copy and paste this post to every other person that has whined about slashdot, and has not donated money or clicked on ads!
I know I am offtopic, but mod me as you wish! Mod up if you want ppl to know these other sites (and possibly slashdot the slashdot), or mod me down if you do not want this information to get out!
I bought a Asus A7V333 motherboard over a year ago for $100 (Canadian!). It can do a 4 drive raid, which will only get 1 terabyte. However, added with another couple of systems via some creative mounting (a big thank you to whoever wrote that part of the POSIX standard!), you can create it as large as you want. Simply put these multiple machine together via a 1 gb or 100 mb network, and mount away.
Price per system (in Canadian $):
Therefore you could have two 4 TB sites (with an extra 1 TB for parity) for only $8800. I would not mind 10 TB.
If you got an extra few TB, let me know please. Thanks!Kathleen's site seems like it has also been slashdotted. Google cache
Google cache of main site
Google cache of page on Rob
caches: index gallery links projects Please note these links are not very thorough, but the site is not either. Please also note the "@ Safrax: HI SLASHDOT" and "@ Poo Poo Head: Slashdot can suck my ******" on the right panel.
Just what i need: another reason to not create document. Now i can write all the horrid code i want with:n .htm , http://www.wurb.com/if/award/21 , http://funnies.paco.to/CReadme.html )
1. no documentation
2. horrid code (e.g. http://www.joe-ks.com/archives_jan2004/Obfuscatio
3. no design
4. more time to write more code
Finally, i can write another small plugin for emacs, this time one for taking over the world.
A vaginal flatulent.
There is also queef.com, queef.net, and more info from a random never used server.
WARNING: queef.com IS NOT WORK-SAFE! Also: "queef" as a verbal word is not work safe!Newsflash:
Having dial-up is a bottleneck.
Especially since I am writting little programs to automatically mirror pages slightly before they are slashdotted...
For those who want the link: @NETI
Unfortunately, it seems @NETI does not quite do real-time, but others, like netcraft do do realtime (although netcraft only measures one server.
Why doesn't someone just write a script to interpret netcraft results, using one of the many ip address locators?