You can get the CD for a couple of bucks (literally, $2 or a little more) at CheapBytes (www.cheapbytes.com). But remember, the box set also includes a thick manual and good support. And Red Hat needs a little money, too, don't they?
AFAIK, they didn't want to make it "too" reliable, so they decided to make it last 60,000 miles instead of 100,000 miles by making some parts less reliable, but overdid it a bit, and the engines broke after 15,000 or 20,000 miles. Nobody wanted anything to do with Wenkel any longer.
"Use ssi,cgi,asp,php,lmnop,or xyz!" just because every slashdot reader (except me) can write perl, doesn't mean other people should have to. and compared to serving a plain frames page, server-side parsing is sloooooooooooooow.
I'm sorry... but what is so hard about this:
<?php Include("./inc/navigation.inc"); ?>
As for server-side parsing being slow,... if you don't know perl, how could you possibly know about how fast or slow it is? AFAIC, that's not where the bottleneck is...
Different sections on Slashdot have different colors. See the "Sections" box on the left? Click some of the links in it, and you'll see what I'm talking about.
Of course, an option to disable this stuff would be nice... but it isn't here yet, and you don't seem to have an account anyway, so...
I dont understand how the FBI or any other three letter agency can force an ISP to disrupt service over a perceived threat.
Very simple (a quote from the article):
Wieger later apologized to Z. in an e-mail: "To us a $75 job is not worth losing our business over. . . . We regret that this has happened and to lose you as a customer."
It seems that it is now extremely easy to get someone's site taken down, unless they run their own web server, provide their own bandwidth, and do everything else on their own. All that is required is to threaten one of the providers (webspace, server, ISP, etc.) and the site is promptly taken down. This is pretty scary.
I think that it was pretty obvious that the person did a quick one-sentence post just to get in first. Same goes for the real first post on this topic (as evidenced by post #4 by that same person)
I think that these "fake" first posts don't add to the discussion at all, and are just a way of doing a "first post" while having an arument against bad moderation. "But kind sir, I didn't actually use the words 'first post' in my post! The fact that my post was actually first is actually a coincidence!" Personally, I would've marked the post down as "Redundant", though.
Since I'm already making this post, I'll point out another thing that *really* annoys me. All the kids that use the term Big Brother without reading 1984! (Or even knowing that the term comes from that book, for that matter.)
Does anyone agree, or am I just turning into an old fart before even becoming an adult?
Landsend.com comes close, probably without even knowing it. If you try shopping for womens' clothing, you'll find that they provide a virtual model, which can be made to look quite delicious. Granted, it wasn't meant to be used as pr0n, and it isn't poseable or anything like that, but I think that we're not far away from something similar, but aimed at the pr0n lovers.:)
In the U.S., we already have something like this, only not for computers. My family subscribes to Consumer Reports (http://www.consumerreports.com/), which is precisely what the name implies. You get product reviews and comparisons of everything, from shampoos to laser printers. The magazine has no advertising, except for its own. It also offers used car guides by request, books, and similar stuff.
Now, if only something like this were available for geeks. But we already have Slashdot, Tom's, and other similar sites... I guess it's just a matter of HTML vs. dead trees.
With all the hype to break the 1GHz limit, aren't we forgetting something? Those that are thinking about purchasing this monster, please think about your electricity bill, first.
This is like having a second refrigerator (a small one, but a refrigerator nonetheless) in your apartment/house/cardboard box. Add to this the habit of most geeks (like me) keeping their computer on 25 hours a day, and you get the idea...
I'm sure that we won't have to wait for 1GHz processors from both Intel and AMD for more than 6 months...
Generally, a Harrier jet is faster than a walking human. However, I'll bet you 5 dollars than I can run across the street faster than you can get there in a Harrier jet (provided that we both start out on the ground, at 0 km/h).
Generally, Linux is faster than NT. But if your company buys a quad-processor motherboard and serves static webpages over 100Mbps ethernet, NT will win.
Are games really worth the rare exception? All they do is waste money, time, and intelligence.
And what about (most of) television? What about the same sports you mentioned? What is the point of them? Amusement parks, they're pointless, right? And museums. And... and...
Humans like to have fun (whatever that is...) Let's not forget that.
I almost hate to think that when I buy a VA Linux system, I'm *paying* for the OS. Wasn't that the whole deal of open-source?
OSS is about free speech, not free beer, remember? I'm sure that VA has options to ship without an OS. But why would you buy at VA if you don't want Linux preinstalled? Isn't that what VA is all about?
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Then again... that voice could have been wrong.
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As for server-side parsing being slow,... if you don't know perl, how could you possibly know about how fast or slow it is? AFAIC, that's not where the bottleneck is...
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Hmm... the video is in a RealMedia format.
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Of course, an option to disable this stuff would be nice... but it isn't here yet, and you don't seem to have an account anyway, so...
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I think that these "fake" first posts don't add to the discussion at all, and are just a way of doing a "first post" while having an arument against bad moderation. "But kind sir, I didn't actually use the words 'first post' in my post! The fact that my post was actually first is actually a coincidence!" Personally, I would've marked the post down as "Redundant", though.
Since I'm already making this post, I'll point out another thing that *really* annoys me. All the kids that use the term Big Brother without reading 1984! (Or even knowing that the term comes from that book, for that matter.)
Does anyone agree, or am I just turning into an old fart before even becoming an adult?
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RIGHT ON, BROTHER!
Moderate my comment's parent up!
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Also, I think that it is a completely different experience if you are a nerd, since you actually know what to look for, and where to look for it.
Finally, he could make phone calls with Dialpad, order groceries for same-day delivery at WebVan, etc.
Conclusion: Before you decide to do something like this, DO A LITTLE RESEARCH!
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Now, if only something like this were available for geeks. But we already have Slashdot, Tom's, and other similar sites... I guess it's just a matter of HTML vs. dead trees.
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This is like having a second refrigerator (a small one, but a refrigerator nonetheless) in your apartment/house/cardboard box. Add to this the habit of most geeks (like me) keeping their computer on 25 hours a day, and you get the idea...
I'm sure that we won't have to wait for 1GHz processors from both Intel and AMD for more than 6 months...
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Generally, a Harrier jet is faster than a walking human. However, I'll bet you 5 dollars than I can run across the street faster than you can get there in a Harrier jet (provided that we both start out on the ground, at 0 km/h).
Generally, Linux is faster than NT. But if your company buys a quad-processor motherboard and serves static webpages over 100Mbps ethernet, NT will win.
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Humans like to have fun (whatever that is...) Let's not forget that.
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